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Pyrite damage debate

Summary

Thomas P. Broughan asks for a debate on the pyrite panel’s report and ministerial action for affected homeowners. Ruairí Quinn says time will be found with the Whips’ agreement.

Before the summer break the Taoiseach promised he would provide time for a debate on the report of the pyrite panel. Last Sunday was a deadline the Minister, Deputy Hogan, set for all the stakeholders in this incredible disaster in that if he had not got some action from them he would take unilateral action to try to help people living in pyrite infected homes. Is it the intention of the Government to provide time for a debate on the report of the pyrite panel and for the Minister, Deputy Hogan, to come into the House? He told me last week that Sunday night was the deadline for builders, auctioneers and insurance companies involved in this disaster and that he would come into the House and present us with a programme of action. Will that happen?

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I am aware the Deputy was one of the first Deputies in the House to advocate this issue and he has been doing it for a long time. I consulted briefly with the Chief Whip. Time will be found, with the agreement of the Whips, to have a discussion on this matter and the Deputy will be able to explore in detail the issues he has been pursuing for a long time.

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