Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 October 2016
124. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the assessments that have taken place on the impact of remediation works on adjoining properties; if there has been any reconsideration of including properties with a DCR of 1 in the remediation programme if they are attached to a dwelling which is being remediated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31241/16]
View answerThe Pyrite Resolution Act 2013 provides for the making of a pyrite remediation scheme by the Pyrite Resolution Board for certain dwellings affected by significant pyrite damage. The pyrite remediation scheme is a scheme of “last resort” and is limited in its application and scope. The full conditions for eligibility under the scheme are set out in the scheme, which is available on the Board’s website (www.pyriteboard.ie).
The scheme is applicable to dwellings which are subject to significant damage attributable to pyritic heave established in accordance with I.S. 398-1:2013 - Reactive pyrite in sub-floor hardcore material – Part 1: Testing and categorisation protocol. It is a condition of eligibility under the scheme that an application to the Board must be accompanied by a Building Condition Assessment with a Damage Condition Rating of 2. Dwellings which do not have a Damage Condition Rating of 2 are not eligible to apply under the scheme. I have no proposals to amend this eligibility criterion.
Where a dwelling which has been included in the pyrite remediation scheme adjoins another dwelling, an assessment of the latter dwelling may be carried out, subject to the homeowner’s consent, by the design professional engaged by the Housing Agency when the Remedial Works Plan for the dwelling included in the scheme is being drawn up.
