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No. 66 of 2022

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022

Public bill · Government · Presented

Sets up a statutory grant scheme to help homeowners fix houses damaged by defective concrete blocks, with extra support for temporary accommodation, storage and urgent repairs. It gives local authorities and the Housing Agency formal roles in checking applications, deciding damage levels and setting the right repair option, and allows for a second grant if a home later turns out to need more work; it also adds an independent appeals process and can extend help to affected local authority and housing body homes. It matters because it turns a troubled compensation scheme into a clearer legal framework, while setting rules on grant limits, repayments, charges on rental properties and fraud.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the payment of grants for the remediation of certain dwellings damaged by the use of defective concrete blocks in their construction; to designate local authorities in whose areas affected dwellings are located; to provide for the amount of grants for remediation, alternative accommodation, storage and immediate repairs that may be paid and for variation of those amounts by Government order; to provide for procedures for application to a designated local authority for a grant and for determination by the Housing Agency of the application; to provide for time limits and conditions to attach to grants; to provide for certain second grants; to provide for refund of compensation received by owners of affected dwellings from third parties; to provide for recovery of grants in certain circumstances; to provide for charging orders for certain grants and their release; to provide for a scheme to enable remediation of designated local authority and approved housing body owned dwellings; to provide for an Appeals Panel and Appeal Board and procedures for appeals; to provide for authorised officers; to provide for revocation of the Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks in Construction (Remediation) (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2020 and necessary transitional arrangements; and to provide for related matters.

Last updated 11 September 2024

Sponsor
  • Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Primary
Progress
  • First Stage
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  • Second Stage
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  • Committee Stage
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  • Report Stage
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  • Fifth Stage
    Dáil
  • Second Stage
    Seanad
  • Committee Stage
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  • Report Stage
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  • Fifth Stage
    Seanad Enacted
  • Enacted
    Enacted
Debates
  • Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages
    Seanad
  • Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage
    Seanad
  • Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage
    Seanad
  • Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed)
    Dáil
  • Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage
    Dáil
  • Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages
    Dáil
  • Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage
    Dáil

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