Thomas Byrne
Ceist:1300. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason purchasers of houses post-2013 cannot avail of the pyrite remediation scheme. [45765/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 7 November 2017
Ceisteanna (1300)
Freagraí scríofa
The Pyrite Resolution Act 2013 provides the statutory framework for the establishment of the Pyrite Resolution Board, and for the making of a pyrite remediation scheme to be implemented by the Board with support from the Housing Agency. The pyrite remediation scheme is a scheme of “last resort” and is limited in its application and scope. The full conditions for eligibility under the scheme are set out in the scheme which is available on the Board’s website, www.pyriteboard.ie.
The Act also sets out the broad parameters which the Board must have regard to when establishing the eligibility criteria for the pyrite remediation scheme.
The restriction in Section 15(3) of the Act preventing applications being made under the scheme by a person who purchases a dwelling on or after 12 December 2013 (the publication date of the Bill) applies where that person knew or ought to have known that the dwelling was constructed using hardcore containing reactive pyrite.