Alan Kelly
Ceist:66. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider having a radon test and report made compulsory as part of the sale of houses across Ireland. [28101/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 31 May 2022
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Freagraí scríofa
The conveyancing process currently contains a number of questions relating to radon to which a vendor is asked to reply. These questions were introduced to the process in 2017 when the Law Society of Ireland’s conditions of sale were revised and was done as a result of a recommendation in the first National Radon Control Strategy (NRCS). The NRCS is an inter-Departmental/Agency Coordination Group chaired by my Department. The NRCS is now in its second phase running from 2019 to 2024 and I expect to receive a progress report for 2021 within the next month. One of the action points in the report commits to working with the Law Society of Ireland and other stakeholders to ensure that conveyancing legislation includes a requirement that radon testing and, where necessary, remediation are compulsory when selling a home in a high radon area.