Defective Building Materials

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 July 2023

Tuesday, 11 July 2023

Questions (397)

Joe McHugh

Question:

397. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an updated figure for the number of houses that have been completed (either demolished and reconstructed and-or outer leaf remediation works) in County Donegal; how many households have been approved for demolition and outer leaf under the old enhanced defective concrete blocks scheme; how many applications are currently in the system under the old 90-10 scheme; and if he will provide the figures, in tabular form, for the years 2020 (from June), 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [34038/23]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Deputy Darragh O'Brien)

I commenced the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 on 22 June 2023 which contains the enhanced grant scheme and adopted the related Regulations on 29 June 2023. The new scheme is now open to applications in four counties: Clare, Donegal, Limerick and Mayo.

Arrangements have been put in place for applications under the old scheme (often referred to as the "90/10" scheme) to transition to the new scheme. 

The DCB Schemes are managed and operated by the relevant local authorities. My Department does not routinely collect the information in the precise manner requested.  However, to be of assistance the table below summarises the most up to date information (to end June 2023) that my Department has in this regard.

Donegal County Council	to 30 June 2023	2022	2021	2020
Stage 1
Applications Received	1296	1076	599	90
Applications Approved	848	426	370	25
Stage 2
Applications Received	158	118	64	-
Applications Approved	94	73	38	-
Applications Approved for option 1	33	21	8	3
Final Payment Received/Completed	37	22	3	0

The Council does not have any information for applications received or approved for Stage 2 in 2020.