Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 October 2025
307. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of transitional applications that remain to be processed by the Housing Agency arising from the transfer of applications from the original defective concrete blocks grant scheme to the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53666/25]
View answerThe Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 (the Act) commenced on 22 June 2023 which contains the current grant scheme and the related Regulations were adopted on 29 June 2023.
The 2022 Act sets out the role of the Housing Agency which act as agents on behalf of the local authorities under the terms of the Scheme. Determinations made by the Housing Agency on transitional applications are undertaken in line with transitional provisions provided for under the Act that allows the transfer of applications from the previous scheme to the current scheme.
The Housing Agency has twenty-five transitional applications that remain to be processed. Four transitional applications await a damage threshold determination and twenty-one transitional applications await an appropriate remediation option and grant amount.
