Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the public funding will be released in order that the Donegal defective block (Mica) pilot schemes (local authority and AHB) can commence. [49367/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Section 36 of the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (DCB) Act 2022 provides that the Government may make a scheme for the purposes of enabling a designated local authority or an Approved Housing Body (AHB) to remedy damage caused to dwellings by the use of defective concrete blocks in their construction. The grant rates for this local authority and approved housing body DCB scheme shall be the same as the enhanced DCB grant scheme.

My Department is working with the four designated local authorities as well as engaging with the AHB sector so as to develop a scheme that can be rolled out to the councils and relevant AHBs. I expect to be in a position to provide full details of this scheme shortly.