Shay Brennan (Dublin Rathdown, Fianna Fail)
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1121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which retrospective payment will operate in practice, and the timeframe for the provision of same regarding reimbursing apartment owners who fixed celtic tiger era defective properties at their own expense. [59665/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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The Apartments and Duplex Defects Remediation Scheme is expected to be in place shortly after the passage of the legislation. The General Scheme of the Bill has been made available to undergo pre-legislative scrutiny and I anticipate this happening in this Dáil term.

The Government is committed to consideration of remediation costs already incurred as part of the drafting of the Bill. Remediation costs already incurred or levied prior to the introduction of the statutory scheme will be covered, once such costs fall within the scope and defined parameters of the scheme.

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

The Housing Agency received a large volume of documentation from the respective Owner Management Companies (OMCs) which is being used to help identify an appropriate process to address retrospective issues more broadly. In particular, the Pathfinder Exercise will support development of a robust process around:

• Alignment with the existing Interim Remediation Scheme processes;
• Supporting Documentation and Timeframes;
• Certification and Standardisation of Evidence;
• Verification and Payment processes.