This is a question to the Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy English, regarding the expert panel report on defective concrete blocks, an issue that affects up to 5,000 homes in Donegal. Will the Minister of State update the House on the progress in implementing the report's recommendations? Given that it has been more than a year since the report was presented to the Government, has there been a Government decision in principle that a remediation scheme will be put in place to help the many families whose homes have continued to deteriorate in the meantime?

As the Deputy knows from the meeting he attended before Christmas, the plan is to have recommendations Nos. 1 and 2 in place by March. We will bring something to the Cabinet in March. We are still on track for that, which the Deputy will be aware of, given that he has been involved in the meetings. At that stage, all the legal and funding questions can be answered and we will be in a position to progress this situation in the months ahead.