Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 1 May 2013
47. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when legislation will be enacted to levy industries identified to have liability for reparative work by the Pyrite Review Group; and if he will indicate at which the stage this legislation is at. [20482/13]
View answer63. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the time frame for the implementation of pyrite resolution board legislation; when homeowners will be in a position to receive compensation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20457/13]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 47 and 63 together.
I am attaching a high priority to putting in place the necessary structures to deliver a resolution to the pyrite issue for home owners who have been waiting a considerable period of time for solutions. Following Government approval of the general scheme of a Pyrite Remediation Bill, work will be undertaken, as a matter of urgency, on developing the Bill and it is my intention that it will be published and enacted in the shortest possible timeframe.
The Pyrite Resolution Board is currently drawing up the precise scope and detail of a pyrite remediation scheme including the eligibility criteria, priorities, procedures and assessment/testing requirements etc. and is making good progress on those issues.
Discussions are also continuing with a number of financial institutions with a view to making a loan facility available to the not-for-profit entity being set up by the construction stakeholders to facilitate the early commencement of a remediation scheme.
The proposed scheme will provide for the remediation of private dwellings with significant pyritic damage and where the home owner has no other viable option than to have pyrite remediation works undertaken. It will not be a compensation scheme.
