Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 April 2016
769. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when works will commence on properties at Aylmer Heath in Newcastle in County Dublin which are included in his pyrite scheme; the works that will take place; and the timescale for their completion. [6514/16]
Amharc ar fhreagra791. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the estates where pyrite remediation work has started; the number of houses that have been remediated; his plans for starting remedial work in additional estates, including a timetable. [6934/16]
Amharc ar fhreagra792. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of damage condition rating certificates 1 and certificates 2 submitted to the Pyrite Remediation Board for remediation by housing estate. [6935/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 769, 791 and 792 together.
The Pyrite Resolution Board, with the support of the Housing Agency, is responsible for the implementation of the pyrite remediation scheme. In accordance with the provisions of the Pyrite Resolution Act 2013, the Board is independent in the performance of its functions and as Minister I have no role in the operational matters pertaining to the implementation of the scheme.
The latest figures available to me, which do not include a breakdown by estate, indicate that approximately 1,073 applications have been received under the pyrite remediation scheme of which 790 have been approved for inclusion in the scheme as follows:
- 323 are at remedial works planning stage,
- 16 are at tender / tender analysis,
- 253 are under remediation, and
- 198 are complete.
To be eligible to apply under the scheme, dwellings must have Building Condition Assessment with a Damage Condition Rating of 2.
It is anticipated that the number of dwellings remediated, or under remediation, under the scheme will be circa 650 by the end of 2016. Ultimately, the Board, together with the Housing Agency, will arrange for all eligible dwellings to be remediated to a high standard and at no additional cost to the affected homeowners. Remediation works will be carried out at the earliest possible opportunity having regard to the existing demands of the scheme and the optimum use of available resources.
