Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 March 2014
674. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the mechanisms that are in place to ensure that the properties which have the most severe damage as a result of pyritic heave are remediated first, even though some of those properties may be single dwellings and the pyrite resolution board has stated a preference for remediating groups of houses together. [13280/14]
View answer676. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications received by the Pyrite Resolution Board; and when residents may expect to receive feedback on whether their application is being processed to the next stage. [13311/14]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 674 and 676 together.
The Pyrite Resolution Act 2013 provides that the Pyrite Resolution Board may group dwellings together for remediation works having regard to the need to secure the most beneficial, effective and efficient use of available resources and it is the Board’s stated intention to do this where feasible and practical. However, in setting priorities for remediation works they will also have regard to severity of damage in individual cases.
I understand that the Board has received approximately 350 completed applications at this stage and these are currently being processed. While the Board is keen to ensure that there will be no undue delay in the validation, assessment and verification processes, it is inevitable it will take some time to undertake the processing of the 350 applications currently on hand and the others that will be submitted over the next while. The Board will endeavour to keep scheme participants informed of progress on their applications. An acknowledgment with a unique reference number will issue when an application is lodged and on being validated by the Board a scheme participant will be able to track the progress of an application online.
