Written answers
Tuesday, 10 October 2023
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Defective Building Materials
Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government should a Defective Concrete Block (DCB) affected apartment owner in County Donegal apply to the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme or the proposed remediation of apartments and duplexes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43985/23]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Enhanced DCB scheme apartments are not included for remediation.
However, with respect to defective apartments, Government has approved the drafting of legislation to support the remediation of fire safety, structural safety and water ingress defects in purpose-built
apartment buildings, including duplexes, constructed between 1991 and 2013. The legislative approach proposed for remediating defects in apartments may also be applicable to apartment buildings affected by defective concrete blocks and this will be considered further in tandem with the development of the legislation.
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