Ms Sarah Neary:

In September the scheme was extended to Limerick and there is a process outlined in the Act as to how to go about that. In the first instance it is a matter for the Pyrite Resolution Board under section 13 to make proposals to the Minister either to amend, revoke or replace any part of the scheme. With Limerick, what would have happened was it took several years to establish the extent and severity of the damage to the dwellings and to confirm that the damage was actually attributable to pyritic heave in the hardcore. All sorts of investigations into the background and any other means of resourcing the remediation had to be exhausted before a proposal was made to the Minister. In the Deputy's example, that sort of a process would have to be followed in order for the board to be satisfied and then to make a submission to the Minister.