Monday 20 September, 2021
From TheJournal.ie
Varadkar said the Department of Housing has also received requests from local authorities in Sligo, Clare, Limerick and Tipperary to engage in the Defective Concrete Blocks Grant Scheme.
They were deemed ineligible despite reports from engineers stating their homes are damaged.
Homeowners say the scheme is not accessible to many families because of the additional costs involved.
The government recently announced a redress scheme which has been welcomed, but it has come too late for some.
The scheme would focus on homes built between 2002 and 2008 in particular.
The Crumlishs are one of thousands of homeowners affected by defective blocks in Co Donegal.
A Green Party motion on building standards will be debated in the Dáil tomorrow.
Thousands of houses around the country are affected by pyrite and mica.
A campaign group said the issue affects both private and council homes.
Fianna Fáil is calling for the remediation scheme to be overhauled.
“Nobody wants to go back to the bad old days of the construction and property boom.”
In order to avoid the property tax, a homeowner has to get a certificate confirming the presence of significant pyrite damage.
Despite the obvious structural damage to the house, Ita Brennan cannot avail of the government’s remediation scheme.
Everyone’s talking about calls for an investigation into mother-and-baby homes, a hijacked taxi, and new pyrite issues.
Cash for the GAA, pyrite redress, cyclepaths and road improvements are all in the pipeine.
The Pyrite Remediation Board said that some people are slow to say if they’ve taken action to seek redress for pyrite damage.
What’s going on in Leinster House? Well, as you asked…
Applications open today for the €10 million scheme that allows remedial work to be carried out on qualifying homes.
Homes in 74 estates were identified as being at risk from ‘pyrite heave’ which causes buckling of floors and walls.
Yesterday Cabinet approved the publication of the Pyrite Resolution Bill, which will provide for the operation of a scheme to fund the work.
The funding will be available for about 1,000 properties that require immediate repair but homeowners who have already paid for repairs will not be compensated.
It is hoped the pyrite remediation scheme will be approved by Christmas.
Phil Hogan has announced new regulations which will require professionals to sign off on the compliance of buildings as they are built.
Speaking in Ashboure today, Phil Hogan said the issue was “yet another problem inherited from the previous government”.
Minister of State Jan O’Sullivan also spoke of Ireland’s ghost estates, the pyrite crisis, and her plans to end homelessness.
Peter Mathews suggests bringing in a betting tax, and levies on corporate profits and high incomes, instead of taxing households.
The completion of the Sillogue 4 scheme in Ballymun, which has 122 homes overall, was held up after the discovery of pyrite in 2008.
The moves are outlined in a Bill published this afternoon which amends the Property Tax scheme before it begins in July.
Environment Minister Phil Hogan has announced the setting up of the Pyrite Resolution Board which will aim to give thousands of homeowners by the issue a long-awaited resolution.
Noonan said the government is aware of the “very real cost and difficulties” faced by people whose homes are affected.
Meanwhile, as he approaches his second Christmas in temporary accommodation, Priory Hall resident Liam Boland said he would refuse to pay.
He added, however, that he supports the affected homeowners who have been suffering for “far too long”.
Sinn Féin’s Dessie Ellis said the state allowed regulations which failed to stop contamination and failed to legislate to protect people.
The chairman of the pyrite panel made the comment at an Oireachtas committee meeting this afternoon.
The subject will be discussed today when the government’s pyrite panel takes part in an Oireachtas committee meeting.
A new report commissioned by the government has revealed the extent of the problem in estate across five local authority areas.
