Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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574. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the contracts awarded to date to each of the firms on the pyrite remediation panel. [2816/15]

Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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575. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications made to the pyrite resolution board for remediation; the numbers approved for inclusion in the scheme; the number where works have gone to tender; the likely start date for remediation; and when those in estates which have not been included can expect to have their applications processed. [2817/15]

Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 574 and 575 together.

The pyrite remediation scheme involves a number of stages commencing with a validation process by the Pyrite Resolution Board to check each application for compliance with the scheme’s eligibility criteria. The next step involves a damage verification process carried out by the Housing Agency which is followed by approval from the Board for the inclusion, or exclusion, of a dwelling in to the scheme. As matters stand, the Board has received in the order of 627 completed applications across 26 developments containing multiple applications plus 47 single site applications and these are currently being processed. A total of 485 applications have now been validated and forwarded to the Housing Agency for the verification stage; of those 295 have now been approved by the Board for inclusion in the scheme and the applicants have been notified. Applications for dwellings not yet included in the scheme are being processed as quickly as individual circumstances allow.

Following the inclusion of a dwelling in the scheme, tendering processes are arranged by the Housing Agency for the appointment of a design professional and for a works contractor with contracts awarded for the preparation and execution of a remedial works plan in respect of the dwelling(s) concerned. Framework Agreements for design professionals and contractors have been established by the Housing Agency in this regard. Details of contracts awarded under these processes are a matter for the Housing Agency, which can be contacted at (01) 6564100 or at .