Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 392: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will carry out an audit of all buildings constructed before 2007/08 which have been damaged by pyrites infill; if he has directed local authorities to carry out such an audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26349/10]

Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 393: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will carry out an audit of all materials used in housing construction from a quarry (details supplied) in Dublin 15 or from other similar quarries in north Dublin and north Leinster; if he has ordered an investigation into whether infill materials containing pyrite were used in a water reservoir at Ballycoolin, Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26350/10]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 392 and 393 together.

The position in regard to pyrite in house construction has been set out in replies to previous questions and most recently in the reply to Question No. 127 of 6 May 2010. The position is unchanged. While the issue of the materials used in the Ballycoolin Reservoir is a matter for Fingal County Council as the contracting authority, my Department understands from the local authority that there is no evidence of pyrite having been used in the construction of the reservoir. The Department will be asking the local authority for a formal report on the matter.