Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 April 2013
403. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a company (details supplied) can be involved in the pyrite remediation scheme while at the same time actively advising people to fill in cracks in estates where pyrite is present and telling them that their home would not qualify for remediation prior to any independent inspection being conducted. [20104/13]
View answerI set up the Pyrite Resolution Board to oversee and ensure the effective implementation of a pyrite remediation scheme for homeowners who have no other viable option to have pyrite remediation works undertaken. The Board is currently drawing up the precise scope and detail of a pyrite remediation scheme which will set out the eligibility criteria, priorities, procedures and assessment/testing requirements etc. that will apply when the scheme becomes operational.
HomeBond is one of the construction stakeholders who have agreed to set up a not-for-profit entity to operate a remediation scheme under the supervision of the Pyrite Resolution Board. In this context, the Board will receive and assess applications for remediation under the terms and conditions of the scheme. The entity will have no function in relation to the assessment of applications for remediation nor will it have a role in the approval of such applications. Only applications that have been approved by the Board will be forwarded to the entity to undertake the next stages of the remediation process in accordance with the terms and conditions of the remediation scheme as drawn up by the Board.
