Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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290. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the approach that will be taken in deciding those houses to benefit from the €10 million funding announced for pyrite resolution; his plans for future funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48358/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Initially, €10 million is being made available to my Department to support the implementation of a pyrite remediation scheme. Additional funding will be provided over the next two years, following consultation with my colleague the nister for Public Expenditure and Reform in the context of the capital stimulus programme to be announced in early 2014, to deal with all dwellings deemed by the Pyrite Resolution Board to be in need of remediation.

The Pyrite Resolution Board is responsible for overseeing the effective implementation of the pyrite remediation scheme. The Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency will provide support to the Board in the delivery of the scheme. In determining priorities for remediation works, the Board will have regard to a broad range of factors including , among other things, the severity of the damage to affected dwellings , the number of affected dwellings in an estate and the alternative options (if any) open to the homeowners to have their dwellings remediated . In so far as it is possible the Board will attempt to group affected dwellings together for the purposes of remediation pro jects in order to achieve cost efficienci es through economies of scale.

The initial phase of the remediation programme will deal with approximately 1,000 dwellings which, it is estimated, are in need of repair over a two year period. The post-2015 position will be dealt with having regard to the position at that time and developments in the interim . While it is not possible, at this time, to estimate the number of dwellings that may require remediation post-2015, the considered view is that the numbers will not be as large as previously envisaged .