This issue I raise remains unresolved and it is distressing people across Donegal. We have acknowledged the defective concrete crisis is in private homes but even that scheme is deeply flawed and continues to leave many families struggling to get onto it. At the same time there is still no dedicated scheme for social housing, which we are waiting on. Critically, there is no scheme at all for public buildings such as schools and crèches affected. In Donegal alone, we know of 25 crèches and a number of schools impacted. In communities like Raphoe, Ardara, Letterkenny and across Inishowen, this is the daily lived reality for these families. They are living in houses with cracks and damp and mould. Their children are going into creches and classrooms facing the very same structural issues. It is an unsafe teaching environment. Where their schools were once safe, steady buildings, they are crumbling down around them. There is no scheme in place and no clarity on when there will be a timeline for a scheme for public buildings, schools and crèches. This has created a two-tier response to the crisis relating to defective concrete blocks. Where it is unacceptable in a home, it should certainly be unacceptable in a building where children go to learn. That is the reality they face. The State has a duty of care. It cannot stop at the front door. I have raised this countless times and I raise it again because the situation is getting worse, not better. The reality for children in Donegal is they are being asked to learn in buildings that are not fit for purpose. Eventually, they will be dangerous. At what point does this move from failure to act to failure in the State's duty of care to these children? Will the Government act to put in place a dedicated scheme for public buildings affected by defective concrete and address the gaps that continue to exist for social housing in the affected communities?

Sentiment score: -0.18

A defining feature of the defective concrete crisis has been the delay process. It is delay, delay, delay. We are currently waiting on the revision of IS 465 due this quarter, which is up on either Friday or Tuesday. This is the biggest scheme in the State so one would think the NSAI would make the Tánaiste aware if it is going to be published this quarter. Will it be published this quarter?

Sentiment score: -0.31

It will be quarter 2.

Sentiment score: 0.00