Housing defects

Roof of one of the blocks at Hyde Square apartment complex in Kilmainham had to be held together with push/pull ties

Many may have to pay large sums to make their buildings fire-safety compliant

The owners of up to 100,000 affected buildings stand to benefit from the measures, rolled out in advance of more comprehensive State support scheme being finalised

Taoiseach tells Dáil he and other Cabinet members ‘personally affected’ by building defects

Legislation is now due to pass in 2024, with payments set to be in place later that year — close to next election

Plan involves agency establishing panel of five or six private developers with whom it would work on specific construction projects

Amending the Constitution would not fix our broken housing system, but it could establish a basic floor of protection

State body to expand activity so public, social and affordable housing projects can move quickly to construction

Figures cautiously welcomed by homeless charities who emphasise ‘delivery of social housing must be maintained’

Engineering Ireland to tell Oireachtas committee that more research needed on mica and pyrite

Alarm systems, emergency lighting and increased fire safety inspections recommended to address defects estimated to affect up to 100,000 Celtic Tiger-era apartments

Cabinet approved in January plans to fund repair of defective apartments but resistance in Government departments has left owners nervous

Seen & Heard: Regulator’s warning; Michael O’Leary’s big payday; and the Rotunda’s Clerys Quarter move

Oireachtas committee told about absence of national standard approach by planners

People in apartments with fire safety issues still ‘living with fear’

Housing Agency is told target of premises to be repaired was reduced to 242 from 285 in 2022

Scheme for those affected by mica and defective blocks could cost State more than €3.65bn

Many boom-time builders and developers grew rich on the back of tens of thousands of shoddy and dangerous apartments. Should we not identify these people?

Niamh Towey led an investigation into the scale of shoddy building practices during the Celtic Tiger era and heard the grim stories of many owners

Concerns about proposal in plan to repay property owners who have already paid remediation costs

Full cost of repairs to between 62,500 and 100,000 properties is to be covered by the State

Cost to the exchequer is estimated to be between €1.5 billion and €2.5 billion

Coalition is preparing to sign off on a plan to address defects in up to 100,000 apartments

Darragh O’Brien wants the State to fund the works, which could cost up to €2.5 billion

An estimated 92,000 apartments built during boom could be affected by legacy defects

‘This isn’t just the developers who are doing wrong – this is the Government, too’

Politicians seldom get past gates of apartment complexes to discuss defects issues

Damien English told to ‘get your head out of the sand’ and help homeowners fix defects

Defects in new buildings can leave owners in huge debt, with little legal recourse

Residents in four Celtic Tiger-era developments face steep bills, eviction and costly litigation

Tenants in Dublin 13 block call for State funding to fix Celtic-Tiger era building defects