Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the victims of defective concrete products scandals in Donegal, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, and Limerick do not receive 100% redress as is the case with the pyrite remediation scheme, available to the victims of defective concrete products scandals in Dublin and Leinster. [65159/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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The Defective Concrete Blocks Scheme covers 100% of the costs of the remediation works approved, subject to the grant rates and overall grant cap of €462,000.

It is neither a redress nor a compensation scheme, rather it is a grant scheme to enable affected homeowners remediate their homes.

The Pyrite Remediation Scheme relates to dwellings that have been significantly damaged as a result of pyritic heave caused by the swelling of hardcore under ground floor slabs. This scheme, which is also not a redress scheme, aims to repair certain homes affected by significant pyritic damage where the homeowners have no other practicable option.

In contrast, the DCB Grant Scheme relates to dwellings which are damaged due to the use of defective concrete blocks.

There is only one remediation option under the Pyrite Scheme and the works are repetitive from home to home, which tend to be clustered.

Under the DCB scheme there are five potential remediation options with a bespoke solution potentially required for each affected home.

My Department keeps the DCB Scheme under continuous review through consistent and regular stakeholder engagement.