Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael)
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568. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress of the Pyrite Remediation Scheme; the number of applications received to date, by category; the number of homes approved for remediation; his projections on the number of homes to be remediated to by the end of 2016 and in 2017; the number of homes in which the process has taken place by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24718/16]

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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The latest figures available from the Pyrite Resolution Board indicate that approximately 1,315 applications have been received under the pyrite remediation scheme, of which 985 have been approved for inclusion in the scheme as follows:

- 286 are at remedial works planning stage,

- 209 are at tender/tender analysis,

- 2 are at tender decision,

- 87 are under remediation, and

- 401 are complete.

It is anticipated that approximately 580 dwellings will be remediated by end 201 6 with a further 400 dwellings projected for remediation in 2017.

Ultimately, the Board, together with the Housing Agency, will arrange for all eligible dwellings to be remediated to a high standard and at no additional cost to the affected homeowners. Remediation works will continue to be carried out at the earliest possible opportunity having regard to the existing demands of the scheme and the optimum use of available resources.