Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is disappointing that the Minister of State does not have a timeframe and there is no framework. When this Dáil asks tribunals and other bodies to report, we usually give them a timeframe or ask for an interim report. People feel desolate at this stage. It is very hard to get across the sense of desolation people feel about being homeless. It is almost like something that would have happened after a war or in 1969 in parts of Northern Ireland. We really must try to get a result for them as soon as possible. One of the outstanding problems of this situation has been that the Minister has never met the people concerned and has refused to do so. Can we take it that even when we do have a resolution process decision, he will meet them? As Deputy Daly noted, the condition of the buildings is deteriorating day by day.

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