On Wednesday, the Irish Examiner is reporting that the group now appears set to exclude social housing bodies — both local authorities and approved housing bodies (AHBs) — from the compensation scheme, as well as investors. Clúid, the biggest AHB in the State, housing 23,000 residents, will have spent €3m by the end of this year on remedial work. In its submission to the working group, Clúid stated its belief that “any redress scheme proposed by the Working Group must include a provision of grants for remedial works”. For this, the working group is referencing an Oireachtas housing committee report which first mooted the idea of a redress scheme. He and the Green Party’s Catherine Martin were the two politicians in the last Dáil who pushed to have a redress scheme set up, despite the government’s indifference.

Source: Irish Examiner April 13, 2022 07:18 UTC