Sir, – The working group on defects in housing found that there was a lack of understanding of the complexities of constructing the buildings that ran through construction professionals, developers, insurers, financiers and lenders, with limited regulatory oversight at local authority level.
What has changed since 2014? – Yours, etc,
TOM KELLY,
Dublin 7.
Sir, – The proposal for a “Celtic Tiger-era building defects redress scheme”, as suggested by several commentators, seems sensible until one remembers that many buildings built before and after the Celtic Tiger also have defects (“Over 80 per cent of defective homes unable to sell”, News, July 29th).
If the Government wants to compensate some people who bought defective buildings through no fault of their own, it should compensate all of them, regardless of the date of purchase. – Yours, etc,
FINBAR KEARNS,
Piercestown,
Co Wexford.
Sir, – A report on defective apartments built during the Celtic Tiger years has concluded it would not be feasible to impose penalties on the individual companies involved. If financial penalties are not feasible, then why can’t those companies and their owners be named and shamed? – Yours, etc,
BRENDAN BUTLER,
Guatemala City.