Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 January 2024
355. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline whether the drafting of legislation for the scheme for remediation of defects in apartments and duplexes is dependent upon the levels of uptake of the Interim Remediation Scheme. [4236/24]
View answerI announced on 11 December 2023 the opening of the Interim Remediation Scheme (Scheme) for the funding of emergency fire safety defect works in apartments and duplexes, constructed between 1991 and 2013. The purpose of this Scheme is to fund any interim measures that are necessary to provide an acceptable level of fire safety in buildings, pending completion of the full remedial works. The Scheme is being administered by the Housing Agency on a nationwide basis and is open to applications from Apartment Owner Management Companies (OMCs) via the Housing Agency’s website: /www.housingagency.ie/interim-remediation-scheme-fire-safety-defects-eligible-apartments-and-duplexes-2023.
Full remedial works will be addressed through the statutory scheme, in respect of which the drafting of legislation is currently underway, independently of the level of uptake for the Interim Remediation Scheme.
Work is advancing to draft the required legislation, which will include the scope, eligibility and conditions of the full, statutory remediation scheme. In the recently published Government Legislation Programme for Spring 2024 the legislation has been included for priority drafting and I expect it to be published later this year.
