Written answers

Tuesday, 6 December 2016

Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Photo of Clare DalyClare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of properties which have received a damage condition rating of one and those that have received a damage condition rating of two per estate; the number of applications which have been accepted onto the scheme, remediated, and approved for remediation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38822/16]

Photo of Damien EnglishDamien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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The latest figures available from the Pyrite Resolution Board indicate that 1,4 58 applications have been received under the pyrite remediation scheme, of which 1,077 have been approved for inclusion in the scheme as follows: -

- 275 are at remedial works planning stage,

- 44are at tender / tender analysis,

- 35 are at tender decision,

-211are under remediation, and

-512 are complete.

The is a scheme of “last resort” and is limited in its application and scope. 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.

Given that the scheme does not apply to dwellings which have a Damage Condition Rating of 1, the Pyrite Resolution Board does not maintain records on the number of properties that fall into this category. Nevertheless, the latest figures from the Board indicate that 10 dwellings, which had a Damage Condition Rating of 1 when their building condition assessments were first completed, and which were refused under the scheme, have now progressed to a Damage Condition Rating of 2; these dwellings, which are located across 5 different estates, have now been included in the pyrite remediation scheme following the submission of new applications. Details on individual estates, including the number of dwellings in each estate, are not provided to my Department under the agreed reporting arrangements with the Pyrite Resolution Board.

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