Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the review of insurance issues, recommendations 21 and 22 of the Pyrite Panel, will commence, in view of comments (details supplied). [53616/12]

Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will extend the scope of the review of structural guarantee policies beyond exclusions and limits of cover to ensure that warranty providers are independent of the entities who built the insured dwellings. [53617/12]

Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the expected timeframe to develop a stand-alone specification for hardcore as per Recommendation 15 of the Pyrite Report. [53619/12]

Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the expected timeframe to provide a single, publically accessible information point with up-to-date information on standards readily available to all involved in the construction industry as per Recommendation 24 of the Pyrite Panel Report. [53620/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 181, 182, 184 and 185 together.

The implementation of many of the recommendations in the pyrite report requires the involvement and co-operation of a number of parties, and implementation will be on a progressive basis. Given their particular impact on affected homeowners, priority is being given to the recommendations dealing with the establishment of a Resolution Board as well as the development of protocols for the testing and categorisation of dwellings and a remediation method statement.

My Department will shortly be contacting the regulatory bodies mentioned in the report to discuss how the recommendations in relation to insurance can be progressed. However, the issue raised in relation to the independence of warranty providers is more appropriate to the remit of the regulatory body for insurance.

I understand that the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) has commenced work on the development of a standalone specification for hardcore. While a specific timeframe is not set for the completion of this work the NSAI is aware of the urgency I attach to it.

In relation to provision of a publicly accessible information point with up-to-date information on standards, this is a matter for consideration by the NSAI and my Department will be discussing the implementation of this recommendation with them.