On Saturday, thousands of people joined demonstrations in Donegal and Mayo. They called on the Government to deliver a 100% redress scheme for those whose homes have been, and are being, destroyed by defective blocks containing mica and pyrite. This issue, as the Minister knows, also affects homeowners in County Clare. Under the existing scheme, some homeowners are having to pay the cost of up to 50% of the remediation, sometimes hundreds of thousands of euro. This is money the families concerned simply do not have. They were not responsible for the defects in the first place. These families should have been treated exactly the same as the families who availed of the original pyrite redress scheme, who got 100% of the cost of remediation. Will the Minister commit to reviewing the scheme urgently? Will the Government provide equality for the people in Mayo, Donegal and Clare by providing 100% redress for defects they did not create?

A number of Deputies have mentioned this issue to me and I am well aware of it. It is a real concern. That is why the Government and the Department are looking at how the scheme is being applied in practice. There have been different characteristics in different parts of the country. I will certainly pass on the Deputy's desire for 100% coverage for the cost of remediation to the relevant Minister.

I raise the issue of the surface of the M7 motorway. Over the weekend, there were again a number of accidents on the M7 between Nenagh and Birdhill. I have raised this issue multiple times with the Minister. I have, in fact, raised the issue with multiple Minsters for Transport. I have raised the matter in this Chamber with a Minister for State with responsibility for transport and I have raised it with Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII. There is something wrong around Annaholty, where sinkholes were discovered that meant the construction of the road was delayed for a number of years. There are continuously crashes on the road. TII has replied to me with a long statement saying it is putting up speed checks on the road, in conjunction with An Garda Síochána. That is not what is needed. Something is wrong with the surface any time there are hailstones or rain of a significant level. People around the area choose to use the old road because there are so many crashes and collisions on the M7. I am asking the Minister to use his power to ensure that TII does a study of the road and its surface.

I agree that we need to prioritise safety when investing in our road network and, in many instances, that applies to issues such as the surface of the roads. I will sign off on a climate adaptation fund later this week which concerns the protection of road surfaces that have been affected by heavy rainfall and hail events, the sorts of things mentioned by the Deputy. Those are becoming significant issues as floodwaters wash away surfaces and create dangerous driving conditions. I will commit to that. I will ask TII to look specifically at the M7 close to Birdhill in that regard.