Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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1130.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of 100% redress for mica affected homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32515/24]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I commenced the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 ('the 2022 Act') on 22 June 2023, which contains the enhanced grant scheme and adopted the related Regulations on 29 June 2023. The enhanced scheme provides very considerable enhancements over the previous scheme for eligible homeowners.

The overall cost of the enhanced scheme is estimated at €2.2bn (excluding inflation). It should be noted that the scheme, as approved by the Oireachtas in the 2022 Act, is not a compensation or redress scheme, rather, it is a Remediation Grant scheme of last resort, put in place by the Government to voluntarily assist homeowners.

Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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1131.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of 100% redress for buildings defects redress affected homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32516/24]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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There are currently three remediation schemes for building defects in homes, namely the Pyrite Resolution Scheme, the Enhanced Defective Concrete Blocks (DCB) Grant Scheme and the Interim Remediation Scheme for Fire Safety Defects in Eligible Apartments and Duplexes 2023. It should be noted that the schemes, are not compensation or redress schemes, rather, they are Remediation Grant schemes of last resort, put in place by the Government to voluntarily assist homeowners.

The total cost of remediating 2,750 pyrite affected buildings to the end of 2023 was €192,796,529. The Scheme is expected to complete its work within the next two years at an estimated total cost of circa €240 million.

I commenced the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 ('the 2022 Act') on 22 June 2023, which contains the enhanced grant scheme and adopted the related Regulations on 29 June 2023. The enhanced scheme provides very considerable enhancements over the previous scheme for eligible homeowners.

The overall cost of the enhanced scheme is estimated at €2.2bn (excluding inflation).

The Interim Remediation Scheme for Fire Safety Defects in Eligible Apartments and Duplexes 2023 opened for applications in December last and to date, no applicants have advanced to signing a Grant Agreement and receiving funds. Work is advancing on establishing the full statutory scheme. The scale of defects in apartments and duplexes is significant, estimated at between 62,500 and 100,000 homes. The average cost of remediation is approximately €25,000 per unit, which means the full statutory scheme could have a potential cost to the Exchequer of between €1.5 billion and €2.5 billion (excluding inflation).

David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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1132.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is expected to publish legislation to support remediation of apartments and duplexes constructed between 1991 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32601/24]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has been advancing the steps to put a scheme for the remediation of eligible defects in apartments and duplexes constructed between 1991-2013 on a statutory footing as a matter of priority.

Given the complexity of the issues, including the significant amount of Exchequer funding that this Government has committed to assist affected homeowners, sufficient time is required to ensure that the scheme is fit for purpose, provides value for tax payer’s money and contains appropriate oversight and governance measures.

The Heads of the General Scheme of the proposed Bill are well advanced and will be circulated for observations shortly. It is intended to submit this to Government in early Autumn.