Are They Having A Laugh?
Posted 10 years ago, 22 Sep 2013
by Mark Hester
Tom Daly, Chairperson of the Moyross Residents' Alliance, has questioned the process in which houses were selected for the thermal upgrade. "I know of one resident that is waiting 3-years for gas central heating, she was told she was top of the list because of her health problems; she had 4 operations in the past few years and there is no sign of anything being done for her. This tenant has had to watch central heating being fitted in vacant houses all around her and yet she was told by the so-called Office of Regeneration that they hadn't the funding to do her home. Are they having a laugh?" "Members of the residents' forum are aware of this tenants situation as are Sile O'Brien, Rodger Noonan, Michael O'Kelly and others in the Regeneration Office. Why were unqualified and unrepresentative residents allowed to pick which houses that got the upgrade? The first time that most residents heard about the upgrade was when we read about it in the Limerick Post". Mr. Daly said that they are spending €380,000 to give 50 houses a thermal upgrade at an average cost of €7,600 per house and questioned the Regenerations and the Council's record on getting value for money. "They wasted over €2 million on master plans that are gathering dust and they seem to give all the work to Castle Engineering, who charge well above average for a less than adequate service. We just hope that our most vulnerable residents are looked after and that the Council will stop all this favouritism. They need to start hiring local residents and local contractors that actually employ residents." said Mr. Daly
