Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2025-12-16
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James Browne (FF), Wexford

The proposed subsection (3A) in amendment No. 19 states that the purpose should be for administrative verification and not for reducing or offsetting any grant payable under the principal Act. I confirm the amendment contained in the Bill does not relate to reducing grant payments under the principal Act. The purpose of the amendment in the Bill is solely to assist the SEAI in ensuring it does not double fund payments made under its energy retrofit scheme.
Similarly, with amendment No. 20, the amendment contained in the Bill does not relate to reducing grant payments under the principal Act. The purpose of the amendment in the Bill is to assist the SEAI in ensuring it does not double fund payments under its energy retrofit schemes.
Amendment No. 21 proposes, by way of an insertion to section 47 of the principal Act, that the information obtained by the SEAI cannot be used to reduce grants determined under the principal Act. Again, as set out in amendments Nos. 19 and 20, the amendment contained in the Bill does not relate to reducing grant payments under the principal Act. Rather, the purpose of the amendment in the Bill is to assist the SEAI in ensuring it does not double fund payments made under its energy retrofit scheme. In those circumstances, I cannot accept these amendments.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-16