A Donegal TD says a chain of recent events has left those affected by the defective concrete block scandal without any confidence.
Addressing the Dáil yesterday, Deputy Thomas Pringle outlined the recent emergence of the alleged alteration of DCB scheme applications by Donegal County Council, advice from the attorney general to the Housing Minister to make the scheme more cost effective and the ongoing limbo of amendments to the IS465 standard which has been largely regarded as outdated and accused of ‘not following the science.
Deputy Pringle says Government needs to step up:
Responding, Taoiseach Simon Harris says as recently as this week, the Housing Minister has made developments to improve the defective concrete block scheme:
