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He called on local TDs in Government to listen to what campaigners and homeowners are saying.<\/p>\n
“Is the message getting to the right people, or what?<\/p>\n
“There is only so much shouting we can do. But, we will shout as much as we can to get people out of these disastrous conditions.<\/p>\n
“There are six small kids in this house. A young baby that is six months old and a kids up to 14 or 15.<\/p>\n
“It’s not safe to live in.”<\/p>\n
He continued: “Do we have to wait until something falls on some child?”<\/p>\n
Cllr McGee said he is once again in contact with the council to ‘get this family out of here’.<\/p>\n
He added how the social housing scheme for defective block homes will not be put in place in tiome for this family.<\/p>\n
“It’s simply not good enough.”<\/p>\n
It was announced last month that the Irish Government approved a draft Defective Concrete Blocks Social Homes Scheme, which they said will be given effect in September.<\/p>\n
Donegal County Council formally submitted a plan and formally requested a scheme for social housing tenants to the government in 2021.<\/p>\n
It was also confirmed that more than \u20ac1.5 million has been spent carrying out emergency repairs to defective council homes in Donegal.<\/p>\n
Only \u20ac283,570 has been recouped from the government so far, with the council expecting to pursue the remaining costs when the Social Housing Remediation Scheme is eventually introduced.<\/p>\n
Director of Housing Anne Marie Conlon, speaking at a recent meeting of Donegal County Council, said officials had been in ongoing contact with the Department and had repeatedly stressed the need for a fully-funded scheme.<\/p>\n
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