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Apartment Defects Campaign Update, 4 December 2020 – PLEASE SHARE Strong Support at Oireachtas Housing Committee This week’s Oireachtas Housing Committee hearing on construction defects provided the Construction Defects Alliance and the Apartment Owners’ Network with a good platform to outline the need for redress for owners of defective apartments as well as stronger building control and law reform to prevent and minimise such defects into the future. We’re grateful for the strong support shown across all parties and groupings for our position at the hearing and, in this regard, we want to thank the following all of whom contributed to the debate: • Steven Matthews TD, Committee Chair; • Paul McAuliffe TD, Committee Vice-Chair; • Eoin Ó Broin TD; • Cian O’Callaghan TD; • Francis Noel Duffy TD; • Senator Mary Fitzpatrick; • Emer Higgins TD; • Richard O’Donoghue TD; • Senator Rebecca Moynihan; • Senator Mary Seery-Kearney; • Senator John Cummins. For those of you who would like to read the full transcript of the hearing please click on the following link: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_housing_local_govern ment_and_heritage/2020-12-01/2/ Alternatively, you can view the hearing on video at the following link: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/oireachtas-tv/video-archive/committees/3636/ 1 The hearing also generated much media coverage which can be accessed at the following links: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/low-cost-loans-not-sufficient-to-repair- defective-celtic-tiger-homes-1.4423902 https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40120205.html https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/repairs-to-defective-apartments- could-cost-more-than-1bn-1.4424879 https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40130030.html 2 .

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