Paul Murphy demands 100% redress for 100,000 defective apartments
Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach whether the Government discussed redress for 100,000 apartments and duplexes affected by defects and criticised the minister's recent webinar for lacking a clear commitment to 100 per cent redress, a timeline, and retrospection. He flagged a Not Our Fault campaign protest outside the Dáil and warned that delaying decisions into the week before Christmas could avoid parliamentary debate.
Questions to the Taoiseach
Paul Murphy asked if the Cabinet had discussed redress for the 100,000 apartment and duplex owners affected by defects at the Cabinet meeting that morning. He told the Taoiseach that the minister had held a webinar the previous night which left many owners dissatisfied because there was no clear commitment to 100 per cent redress, no clear timeline for a redress scheme, and no clear commitment to retrospection.
Planned protest and demands
Murphy highlighted that the Not Our Fault campaign planned a protest outside the Dáil at 7 o'clock to press for 100 per cent redress with retrospection, which he described as the only just and workable solution for affected owners.
Taoiseach's reply and next steps
The Taoiseach replied that there were 46 items on the Cabinet agenda that day and that the minister wants to publish his proposals in advance of Christmas. He said the minister is committed, has undertaken a review, and will publish details of the redress scheme fairly quickly and hopes to bring it back to Cabinet next week. The Taoiseach also referenced a session of Dáil-Airden in January and February as providing time for Deputies and affected owners to discuss the issue.
Transcript clarity
The record ends with a series of unclear, fragmented remarks, including repeated lines of "I have no idea", which appear as unintelligible or off-topic comments at the close of the transcript.
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Taoiseach, I want to ask whether the Government discussed the issue of redress for the 100,000 apartment and duplexes affected by defects at the Cabinet meeting this morning. I know Minister O'Brien had a webinar last night with many apartment and duplex owners and they were not satisfied with that, certainly the ones I spoke about, because there was not a clear commitment to 100 per cent redress. There was no clear timeline for having a redress scheme in place and there was no clear commitment to retrospection. The Not Our Fault campaign is having a protest tomorrow outside the Dáil at 7 o'clock in order to press the point home that this 100 per cent redress with retrospection is the only just and the only workable solution. If it was not discussed the Cabinet this morning and it is the intention to discuss it next week, is that not quite problematic? Is that not a deliberate attempt to avoid parliamentary debate, public debate, by doing it in the week before Christmas, whenever the Dáil is no longer sitting? Thank you Deputy Brendan. There were 46 items on the Cabinet agenda today. The Minister has made clear that he wants to publish his proposals in advance of Christmas. But again, there is a session of Dáil-Airden in January and February, so there will be ample time for Deputies to discuss this issue and indeed with those most involved, apartment owners and residents, in respect of the redress for apartment defects. The Minister has been very clear on this and he is committed to this. He undertook a review and so forth and he will be publishing the details of the redress scheme fairly quickly and hopefully will be in a position to bring it to Cabinet next week. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I have no idea what it is. I have no idea. I have no idea what the Pode-Riwi have. I am afraid to show up in a single day. I have no idea what he wants to do. I cannot believe in the packaging. You can do something and do something so that I have no idea what it is. I have no idea how to do it and I feel that the body is done by the way we do it, but I feel that it does not. I have no idea what it is. I am afraid to give you some ideas.
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