1613. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will make a statement on Heads 2 and 6 of the General Scheme of the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill 2024; if he will clarify the definition of "commenced" for the purposes of providing that a relevant dwelling "must have been commenced between 1 January 1991 and 28 February 2014"; and if apartments and duplexes completed and first occupied during 1991-1992, built under the building bye-laws (before the Building Regulations took effect on 1 June 1992), qualify as relevant dwellings where construction may have physically begun in late 1990. [55441/26]

1614. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm his intention that legislation regarding apartment defects will provide for the full sum of eligible remediation costs to be paid where carried out. [55442/26]

I propose to take Questions Nos. 1613 and 1614 together.

The drafting of the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill is well advanced, and I expect the legislation to be placed before the Oireachtas this year.

The Scheme will provide supports for the remediation of relevant fire safety, structural safety and water ingress defects in purpose-built apartment buildings, including duplexes, constructed between 1991 and 2013. It is envisaged that 100% of eligible remediation costs will be funded under the Scheme.

For the purposes of entry to the remediation Scheme, a relevant development will be a residential building, the construction of which commenced on or after 1 January 1991 and before 28 February 2014 and that contains apartments and/or duplexes.

I expect to be in a position to publish in the Autumn.