A proposal to make members of the newly elected 100% Redress Party to take the top two seats on Donegal County Council is to be made when the council meets for the first time in the coming days.
Independent Cllr, Frank McBrearty Jnr will propose that the 100% Redress Party members are elected as Cathaoirleach and Leas-Chathaoirleach of Donegal County Council at its inaugural meeting.
Cllr McBrearty said the fresh mandate presented Cllr’s with a “unique opportunity to strike while the iron was hot in support of defective concrete impacted home and property owners”.
He added “I would urge my fellow Cllr’s to unanimously back my proposal to elect two of the four 100% Redress Party Cllr’s to the positions of Cathaoirleach and Leas- Cathaoirleach of Donegal County Council for the next year.
“In doing so, we would be providing the party and the people who voted for it, with a fantastic national, indeed international, platform.
“We would be enabling the party to amplify the message that the Government must deal honestly, meaningfully and scientifically with everyone impacted by the Defective Concrete Scandal, in terms of real redress.
“It is very clear from the local government election results, people are way beyond unhappy with the treatment they have received and are receiving from the
Government, the Housing Agency and Donegal County Council’s executive, in terms of two failed grant schemes, a failed and seriously flawed testing protocol (IS 465), and doomed to failure remediation diktats imposed on homeowners, in place of the correct engineering solutions,” said Cllr McBrearty.
The Raphoe Councillor said the Defective Concrete Scandal was decimating homes and lives in Donegal and beyond.
He added “That is why we witnessed the truly unprecedented groundswell of support for the 100% Redress Party on June 7.
“I believe that is also why I was re-elected to Donegal County Council. I am a founder member of Justice 4 Donegal: Defective Concrete Homes and Properties, which is taking a judicial review of the Frankenstein testing protocol IS 465.
“I hope every Cllr will support my proposal and in doing so support every home and property owner destroyed by the Defective Concrete Scandal” labelled incorrectly by those in power as caused by Mica Freeze Thaw.”
