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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (15 Jan 2019)

Damien English: It is the same response.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (15 Jan 2019)

Damien English: I refer to what I said last year. I do not have the exact words in front of me but I was clear that we are not launching an SPV. We cannot do that and it is not our job. We have helped the sector to develop the SPV. We have given advice to the innovation fund. It is up to that sector. One of the credit union representative bodies has an SPV ready to go. That is what I said last year...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (15 Jan 2019)

Damien English: That does not contradict what I said.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (15 Jan 2019)

Damien English: I said the same thing.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (15 Jan 2019)

Damien English: The Deputy O'Brien. It is not true. He cannot keep saying that.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (15 Jan 2019)

Damien English: He cannot keep saying that I said something else.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (15 Jan 2019)

Damien English: With respect, this is the third time-----

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (15 Jan 2019)

Damien English: That is fine.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (15 Jan 2019)

Damien English: Correct.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (15 Jan 2019)

Damien English: I am happy to meet representatives of the sector. We want the money invested in it and I cannot be any clearer than that. It is in black and white in Rebuilding Ireland that we want this to happen. We worked hard to make it happen. It should be happening. There is money to be invested. Mechanisms have been designed by one credit union organisation and a SPV is ready to go. I made an...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (15 Jan 2019)

Damien English: We expect 460 homes to be dealt with by means of the 2019 budget. That will probably deal with most of the applications that are on hand or coming through the system. The Deputy asked what we are doing to reform or expand the scheme. This is the largest sum of money we have ever invested in the scheme. We want to deal with all of the applications as quickly as possible. A great deal of...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (15 Jan 2019)

Damien English: The Deputy highlights a difficulty. The recommendation and plan was that the scheme should be there to fund homes which had significant damage and required immediate attention. That is happening. There is also the issue of a number of houses which have signs of or which have tested positive for pyrite but where there is no significant damage. We have had this conversation and we have put...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (15 Jan 2019)

Damien English: We have brought some legal clarity to that and this will help with some of the cases to which the Deputy referred.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (15 Jan 2019)

Damien English: There are no plans for a formal review. I am not sure that such a review would solve the problem.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (15 Jan 2019)

Damien English: The issue, as we have discussed here and elsewhere, including at meetings with residents, is the difficulty in justifying that level of expenditure on houses which do not necessarily require it at present. We are conscious, however, that people are left in a situation whereby they may not be able to sell their homes. While we are open to teasing this out, I have asked many Deputies whether...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (15 Jan 2019)

Damien English: I cannot give the Deputy the legal advice, but I can circulate the opinion we have provided to the board.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (15 Jan 2019)

Damien English: The pyrite remediation scheme is a scheme of last resort for affected homeowners who have no other practical option to obtain redress and it is limited in its application and scope. The full conditions for eligibility under the scheme are set out on the Pyrite Resolution Board's website. The latest figures available indicate that a total of 2,243 applications relating to the pyrite...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (15 Jan 2019)

Damien English: The pyrite remediation scheme is a scheme of “last resort” for affected homeowners who have no other practical option to obtain redress and is limited in its application and scope. The full conditions for eligibility under the scheme are set out on the Pyrite Remediation Board’s website at www.pyriteboard.ie. The provisions of the Act apply only to dwellings affected...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (15 Jan 2019)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 58 and 85 together. Neither I, nor my Department, are aware of any existing issue that has emerged in the concrete blockwork of certain dwellings in the Fingal area. As you are aware, an Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks was established by my Department in 2016, and its terms of reference were limited to the investigation of the problems that have...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks (15 Jan 2019)

Damien English: The Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks was established by my Department in 2016, to investigate problems that have emerged in the concrete blockwork of certain dwellings in Counties Donegal and Mayo. In 2017, the report of the was published and included eight recommendations, which my Department is actively progressing with the relevant stakeholders, prioritising the implementation of...