Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 13 July 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion
Mr. Liam Ward:
There are two issues there. In the context of the transitional arrangements, local authorities are very much committed to making the scheme work in as efficient a manner as possible for the benefit of the homeowners. We have a number of applications. I think the number is of the order of 850. Under the previous scheme, applicants received confirmation of eligibility so they have gone past stage one approval and must receive revised calculations based on the new scheme. It will take a bit of time to do that. We have already commenced work on it and have determined a priority order in which those applications will be considered. We will look at those further down the line to see who may need actual money to pay for work that is ongoing. That is the order in which we have decided to tackle the issue.
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