Pyrite Remediation Programme

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 September 2012

Tuesday, 18 September 2012

Ceisteanna (1049)

Thomas P. Broughan

Ceist:

1049. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will clarify the status of multi-unit developments and apartments in the pyrite remediation and resolution process given that ground floor dwellings are referred to in the Report of the Pyrite Panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37661/12]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

The Pyrite Panel undertook a desktop study to establish facts in relation to the potential exposure to pyrite in private dwellings, including apartments and duplexes. As the pyrite problem relates to under-floor hardcore stone fill only ground floors in apartments and duplexes were considered.