Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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120. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on his work to agree or impose a levy on industry to contribute to the cost of defective block and building remediation. [47350/22]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The Government decision taken on 30 November 2021 regarding the Defective Concrete Block Grant Scheme, agreed a number of actions to help address the defective blocks issue. One of those proposed actions was that a levy was to be put in place to raise in the region of €80m a year, and it is that levy to which this question refers.

As I outlined in my response to a previous question by the Deputy on this topic (PQ 32021/22) it was my intention to update the Dáil on how this matter has progressed at the time of Budget 2023/Finance Bill 2022.

As the Deputy will be aware, I provided further information on the defective concrete blocks matter in my Budget speech yesterday in regards to the proposed levy.

Further information on that levy will follow in the context of Finance Bill 2022.