Defective Building Materials
Dail Éireann — 2024-02-15
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Eoin Ó Broin (SF), Dublin Mid-West

I thank the Minister. With respect to fire safety, I would be interested to know if, even at this stage, he has an indication of how much expenditure is likely to be required for the applications and specifically when people will be able to draw down the money. I welcome the fact that decisions will be made soon.
Regarding the legislation, does the Minister envisage an end-to-end scheme such as the pyrite remediation scheme in Leinster or a grant scheme similar to that for defective concrete blocks?
I welcome what the Minister said about retrospection. If there was a standalone refund that could be expedited, he would have Sinn Féin's support on that. Will he confirm that social homes will be fully included in the scheme? Where houses or duplexes in multiple unit developments with OMCs have defects, will there be an opportunity to have those included? I know they are not in the original terms of reference but it would be unfair if a house or duplex in an OMC were excluded despite having similar defects to the apartments in the same scheme.

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Sitting date: 2024-02-15