Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the extension of the defective concrete block scheme to County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51899/21]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department received a submission from Clare County Council, dated 23 July 2021, requesting the extension of the Defective Concrete Blocks Grant scheme to County Clare. A response issued to the Council on 3 August 2021 indicating that my Department would review the submission and seeking a detailed breakdown of costs associated with the Report.  

A breakdown of costs associated with the Report was received on 28 September, 2021.  A formal response to the submission will issue shortly from my Department. My officials updated colleagues in Clare County Council to that effect on 8 October 2021.

Any extension of the Scheme will be considered as part of wider deliberations on the Scheme by Government. In this regard, following on from receipt of the Report of the Working Group on Defective Concrete Blocks I am consulting with Government colleagues with a view to bringing proposals to Government shortly.