Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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10. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding the impact of extending the number of areas from which the Pyrite Resolution Board can receive applications; if extra funding and staff have been made available as a result of this decision; and if he is satisfied that sufficient funding is in place to remediate the number of affected dwellings. [8864/15]

Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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I am satisfied that the Pyrite Resolution Board has the resources, both human and financial, to meet the needs of the pyrite remediation scheme.

The Pyrite Resolution Act 2013 provided for the establishment of the Pyrite Resolution Board and for the making of a pyrite remediation scheme to be implemented by the Board with support from the Housing Agency. The pyrite remediation scheme was first adopted in mid-February 2014 and was prepared in accordance with the information available to the Board at that time and having regard to the detail set out in the July 2012 Report of the Pyrite Panel. It is a scheme of last resort and its application was initially restricted to the dwellings affected by significant pyritic damage in the five local authority areas identified in that report i.e. the administrative areas of Dublin City, Fingal, Kildare, Meath and Offaly County Councils.

Over the course of 2014, the Board was made aware that significant pyritic damage had been identified in a small number of dwellings located in one development in South Dublin and in another development in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown. Detailed information was gathered and assessed on the affected developments which led to the Board’s recommendation that the scheme be extended to include the administrative areas of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown and South Dublin County Councils. In accordance with the relevant provisions of the Act, the revised scheme was formally adopted and came into effect on 5 February 2015.