Réada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have been raising the issue of mould in public council housing for a while. I have brought it up in Questions on Policy and Legislation and Topical Issues. It has been indicated to me the Government will look at it.

I have a young mother in north Kildare who has to bring her new baby home to a house where she and her first child have already developed respiratory conditions due to exposure to black mould. I have another young woman who has lost 21% lung capacity in her home in Naas because of blue mould. Blue mould is highly toxic, especially to people with asthma and other allergies. Ireland has one of the highest rates of respiratory diseases in the OECD. Given a coroner in England, which has a similar climate to ours, has cited mould as a cause of death in a young child, what is the plan State-wide to audit and tackle this health emergency in housing?

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