Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will carry out a review of the pyrite remediation scheme in respect of the appeals process and the way in which properties with a BCA of less than two can be considered for inclusion in the scheme, particularly where they adjoin properties which are being remediated. [28694/16]

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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The Pyrite Resolution Act 2013 provides for the making of a pyrite remediation scheme by the Pyrite Resolution Board for certain dwellings affected by significant pyrite damage. The pyrite remediation scheme is a scheme of “last resort” and is limited in its application and scope. The full conditions for eligibility under the scheme are set out in the scheme, which is available on the Board’s website (www.pyriteboard.ie).

The scheme is applicable to dwellings which are subject to significant damage attributable to pyritic heave established in accordance with I.S. 398-1:2013 - Reactive pyrite in sub-floor hardcore material – Part 1: Testing and categorisation protocol. It is a condition of eligibility under the scheme that an application to the Board must be accompanied by a Building Condition Assessment with a Damage Condition Rating of 2. Dwellings which do not have a Damage Condition Rating of 2 are not eligible to apply under the scheme. I have no proposals to amend this eligibility criterion.

While dwellings with Damage Condition Ratings of less than 2 do not qualify under the scheme, some may be considered in accordance with the exceptional circumstance provisions set out in section 17 of the Act. Where a dwelling with a Damage Condition Rating of 1 adjoins a dwelling with a Damage Condition Rating of 2, the Housing Agency will be notified, following a valid application from the latter dwelling, and will consider if exceptional circumstances apply when the Remedial Works Plan for the latter dwelling is being drawn up; the Pyrite Resolution Board will be informed of any recommendation from the Housing Agency for a decision in the matter.