Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 7 February 2024
267. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of owners' management companies that have applied for the interim emergency funding for buildings with defects that was open for application in December 2023. [5259/24]
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 Scheme, which is being administered by the Housing Agency on a nationwide basis, 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.
In the period since the Scheme’s launch, up to and including 31 January 2024, 79 applications are being progressed across 22 local authority areas, representing a total of 7,412 residential units.
