Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 June 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion
Mr. Paul Benson:
On the change in the Bill, as against the general scheme, the requirement to rebuild on the existing foundation is not called out explicitly in the Bill. The requirement to build on the exact location of the existing home, the relevant dwelling, is included and that leaves it open for the Minister thereafter by regulation to prescribe a different remediation option if the science comes down in favour of that. The flexibility that Senator Blaney mentioned earlier is being built into the Bill to try to cover all of these issues.
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