Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 July 2012
330 Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he has taken in relation to the pyrite issue in local authority housing in Dublin; if he has made, or is making, funding available to the local authority to address and redress this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33431/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraFunding may be available under the Social Housing Investment Programme to fund major refurbishment works to dwellings with serious structural defects, including problems arising from pyrite. My Department has been liaising with Dublin City Council on this issue on an ongoing basis and is currently assisting the Council with regard to social housing schemes affected by pyrite at a number of locations.
