Construction Industry

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 January 2023

Wednesday, 18 January 2023

Questions (522)

Ivana Bacik

Question:

522. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the criteria that were applied to select members of the Interdepartmental and Agency Group tasked with preparing the Options Paper on a possible remediation scheme in respect of construction defects; if any members of the group live in a multi-unit development or have lived in one in the past ten years; if any members of the group are or have been directors of an owners’ management company in the past ten years; and if any members of the group have provided professional services to an owners’ management company in the past ten years. [63939/22]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Following receipt of the report of the Working Group I established to examine defects in housing, I brought a Memorandum for Information to the Government meeting on 27 September 2022.

In this context, I committed to the establishment of an inter-departmental and agency group to develop an options paper with a view to providing support to homeowners who find themselves in a difficult financial situation through no fault of their own.

The Secretary General of my Department wrote to colleagues in the Department of Finance, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the Department of Justice, The Housing Agency, the Office of the Attorney General and the County and City Management Association seeking the nomination of a representative from these bodies to sit on the group.

Members of the group were not required to provide the information referred to in the Question.

The Group held 3 meetings between 18 October and 6 December and I received its final report on 14 December 2022.