Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
Question:524. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will finally commence the defective concrete block scheme for social housing. [32840/26]
View answerWednesday, 6 May 2026
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The Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 commenced on 22 June 2023 which contains the enhanced Defective Concrete Blocks Grant Scheme and adopted the related Regulations on 29 June 2023.
The Act also provides for the Defective Concrete Blocks Social Homes Scheme.
This is a scheme for the purpose of enabling a designated local authority or an Approved Housing Body with dwellings located in a designated local authority area to remedy damage caused to dwellings, owned by the local authority or Approved Housing Body, by the use of defective concrete blocks in their construction.
The manner in which the Scheme will be operationalised in practice by local authorities has been the subject of careful consideration before the Scheme can be finalised. This work is now complete and the Scheme developed by my Department in conjunction with relevant stakeholders, is now being drafted by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. Once this process is finalised I will quickly bring the Scheme to Government for approval so as to enable the remediation of social housing stock to begin in the near future.
Question No. 525 answered with Question No. 494.