Paul Murphy: Demands 100% Redress for Defective Apartments
Paul Murphy called for full state-backed redress for victims of apartment and duplex defects, addressing the Not Our Fault campaign ahead of its public conference. He urged a retrospective 100% redress scheme, asked the Taoiseach to secure a Fianna Fáil representative for the event, and pressed for the state to pursue the builders responsible.
Conference and campaign
Over 100 victims of apartment and duplex defects plan to gather this Saturday at the Plaza Hotel in Tala for a major public conference of the Not Our Fault campaign. Attendees will hear from activists from the MICA Action Group, will hear from invited political parties, and will discuss campaign strategy; organisers are reported to be waiting for a response from Fianna Fáil on whether a spokesperson will attend.
Demands for redress
Murphy said campaigners are determined to fight for 100% redress and nothing less, which they view as the only just and workable solution for the 100,000 families who may be affected. He warned many affected households do not yet know they face bills of €25,000 plus, with some households facing costs of €70,000, and said campaigners want the state to pursue the builders responsible.
Planned protest and housing context
Campaigners will also join the Raise the Roof protest on the 26th, Murphy said, framing the defects issue as part of the wider housing crisis. He characterised the problem as a consequence of housing policy made in the interests of builders.
Questions to the Taoiseach and next steps
Murphy asked the Taoiseach to ensure a Fianna Fáil representative attends the conference and to commit that any scheme introduced will be retrospective and provide 100% redress. He noted that the minister will return to the House later in the year on the scheme and the published report, before taking proposals to government and then to the Oireachtas.
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Taoiseach, over 100 victims of apartment and duplex defects will be gathering this Saturday for a major public conference of the Not Our Fault campaign in the Plaza Hotel in Tala. They will be discussing amongst themselves, they will be hearing from activists from the MICA Action Group about their campaign, their experience, they will be hearing from the different political parties, all of whom are invited to come and put their position. I understand they're still waiting for a response from Fianna Fáil, by the way, as to whether there will be a spokesperson there. And they're determined to fight for 100% redress and nothing less. They know that that is the only just and the only workable solution for the 100,000 families who are going to be affected by this, most of whom don't know about it yet, but have a bill of €25,000 plus, in some cases €70,000 coming down the road, and to demand that the state pursues the builders responsible. They're also going to be on the streets on the 26th as part of the Raise the Roof protest, because this is part of the housing crisis and the consequence of housing policy made in the interests of builders. So, Taoiseach, will you get a Fianna Fáil representative to attend? Will you commit that whatever scheme is introduced will be a retrospective scheme? And will you commit to a 100% redress scheme, which, like I said, is the only workable and the only just solution? In terms of Deputy Murphy's Department defects, I've said in the House that the Minister is going to come back to the House later in the year in respect of the scheme and the report he has published and so on, in terms of that, and he'll come to government with it and then to the Oireachtas. And then,
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