Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the expected timeframe for developing a stand alone specification for hard core as outlined in recommendation 15 of the Pyrite Panel Report. [49969/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I have asked the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) to undertake work on a number of recommendations in the Pyrite Report including Recommendation 15.

Priority is being given to the development of protocols for testing and categorisation and for a remediation method statement. I understand that a stand-alone specification for hardcore will be developed in conjunction with a review of Recommendation 21 on which work has commenced. NSAI is aware of the urgency I attach to this work.

Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress that has been made on his dealings with the stakeholders regarding a solution to the pyrite issue. [49970/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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In mid-October when I announced that I had asked my Department to finalise arrangements and terms of reference for the establishment of a Resolution Board I also indicated that I was writing to the stakeholders to give them one final opportunity to engage constructively with me in putting in place a remediation programme and to contribute to its cost . I wrote to the Construction Industry Federation, the Irish Concrete Federation, HomeBond, the Irish Insurance Federation and the Irish Banking Federation enclosing illustrative term s of reference for the proposed Resolution Board and set a deadline of 9 November for the m to advise me of their responses . In addition , my Department has met with a number of the stakeholders over the past two weeks and further meetings are scheduled for this week. I have received written and oral responses to my letters of 31 October which I will consider in conjunction with the outcome of t he discussions now taking place. I t is my intention that final decisions in relation to the proposed Resolution Board and its funding will be made very shortly.