Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 December 2013
264. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which enabling legislation relating to the Pyrite Resolution Board will be passed; when the board will commence receiving applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51766/13]
View answerThe legislation needed to provide for the operation of a pyrite remediation scheme and the establishment of the Pyrite Resolution Board on a statutory basis is currently in preparation and my Department is working closely with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to ensure that the Bill is published at the earliest possible date. I hope to bring the legislation to the Oireachtas before the end of this term.
The Pyrite Resolution Board will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of the remediation scheme and will be supported in this endeavour by the Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency. In the interim period, the Board is continuing to work on an administrative basis to develop appropriate systems and procedures, including an online application and processing system, in order to ensure that it will be in a position to accept applications as soon as the legislation is published.
