Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the operation of the defective blocks scheme to date; the amount drawn down by Mayo County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23004/21]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The regulations for the Defective Concrete Blocks Grant scheme came in to operation on 31 January 2020. The Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks in Construction (Remediation) (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2020 provide for a grant scheme of financial assistance to support affected homeowners in the counties of Donegal and Mayo only, to carry out the necessary remediation works to dwellings that have been damaged due to the use of defective concrete blocks. The scheme opened for applications at the end of June 2020.

Budget 2021 provides funding of €20 million to fund the operation of the Defective Concrete Blocks Grant scheme for the counties of Donegal and Mayo. At this stage 378 stage one applications (308 in Donegal and 70 in Mayo) have been submitted and nearly 60% have been approved. Mayo County Council have drawn down €448,593 since the scheme opened in June 2020.