Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 July 2023
491. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the level of State support to undertake fire protection standard investments that were not required by the building requirements at the time they were built. [35476/23]
View answerI understand that the Deputy is enquiring if the defects compensation scheme would be extended to fire safety defects that now require substantial remediation, which are outside the terms of the scheme recently announced.
On 18 January I received Government approval to draft legislation to establish supports for the remediation of fire safety, structural safety and water ingress defects in purpose-built apartment buildings, including duplexes, constructed between 1991 and 2013.
It is intended that only defects that are attributable to defective design, defective or faulty workmanship, defective materials (or any combination of these) and were in contravention of the Building Regulations applicable at the time of construction will be eligible for inclusion in the scheme.
Work is underway to draft the required legislation, which will include the scope, eligibility and conditions of the remediation scheme based on the parameters outlined above. I have no plans to extend the scheme beyond this.
