Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context

744. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects legislation to underpin remediation schemes to come before the Oireachtas Housing Committee for Pre-Legislative Scrutiny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29031/25]

Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context

745. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he expects the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill to have completed the legislative process by the Easter Recess in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29032/25]

Naoise Ó Muirí (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

799. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress of the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill 2024, in particular the retrospective costs pathfinder exercise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29547/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context

I propose to take Questions Nos. 744, 745 and 799 together.

The drafting of the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill is progressing. Various issues requiring legal advice have been sought and are under consideration. It is included in the Government Legislation Summer Programme 2025 and I intend to seek Government approval to publish shortly. Subject to this approval, the General Scheme will be made available to undergo pre-legislative scrutiny.

On 22 October 2024 the Government agreed the establishment of a Retrospective Costs Pathfinder Exercise from a representative sample of multi-unit developments, in order to identify and develop a potential appropriate process to address retrospective issues, based on fire safety remedial works completed.

Specifically, it will be necessary to fully examine and build a robust process around:

• Alignment with existing Interim Remediation Scheme process;
• Supporting Documentation and Timeframe;
• Certification, Standardisation of Evidence;
• Verification and Payment Processes.