Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 December 2021
306. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way he has arrived at a mooted figure of €400 million for County Clare given there is no quantification of the scale of the defective concrete block issue as of yet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62478/21]
View answerI brought a Memorandum to Government on 30 November 2021, setting out proposals for improvements to the existing Defective Concrete Blocks Grant Scheme.
Included as part of these improvements, I, as Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, may, with Government approval, extend the scheme beyond the counties of Donegal and Mayo to additional counties, where the evidence supports such an extension.
My Department is in advanced discussions with Clare County Council on the outstanding requirements necessary to support an extension of the scheme to county Clare.
My Department has not released any cost estimates for the remediation of affected homes on a county by county basis.
