S.I. No. 225/2026 - Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Regulations 2026

1. Relevant Owner Name

2. Relevant dwelling address

3. Eircode of the relevant dwelling

4. Application Reference Number

5. Applicant’s Address (if different to address of relevant dwelling)

6. Eircode (if different to address of relevant dwelling)

Form A

Notification of determination that the applicant should be reimbursed fees associated with the costs

of an engineer’s report required for the purposes of an application pursuant to the Regulations of 2020.

You are hereby notified that your application as a Transitional Applicant for the reimbursement of fees associated with the cost of an engineer’s report required for the purposes of an application pursuant to the Regulations of 2020 has been approved.

Reason(s) for decision

(here set out reasons)

Form B

NOTIFICATION OF REFUSAL

You are hereby notified that your application as a Transitional Applicant for the reimbursement of the fees associated with the cost of an engineer’s report required for the purposes of an application pursuant to the Regulations of 2020 has been refused.

Reason(s) for decision

(here set out reasons

)

You may appeal the decision, in accordance with Part 5 of the 2022 Act, within 90 days of the date of this notification, to

The Appeals Panel,

C/o the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Custom House, Dublin 1,

D01 W6X0.

Note: in this Form “2022 Act” means the

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022

(No. 28 of 2022).

The Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

28 May, 2026.

JACK CHAMBERS,

Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Services, Reform and Digitalisation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

28 May, 2026.

JAMES BROWNE,

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(

This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation

.)

These Regulations prescribe the form and manner in which a notification for, and a requirement or decision relating to, an attached dwelling to meet the damage threshold is to be made, and the form and manner in which an application for, and a requirement or decision relating to, an adjacent remediation option is to be made; both in respect of a relevant dwelling damaged by the use of defective concrete blocks in its construction and prescribe other relating forms. Other matters being prescribed for in these Regulations include provisions to extend relevant owner status, the creation of a second charge for rental dwellings and the reimbursement of fees associated with the cost of engineers reports as required under the Principal Act for transitional applicants; and relating forms. Amendments to the Principal Regulations, including the introduction of grant rates that will apply for the new local authorities recently designated under the Scheme (parts of Fingal and Wexford), are also being prescribed for in these Regulations.

7. (a) Have you made an application under Regulation 8 of the Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks in Construction (Remediation)(Financial Assistance) Regulations 2020 (‘the 2020 Regulations’) but the relevant local authority had not issued or decided not to issue a confirmation of eligibility before the commencement of the 2022 Act?

Yes □ No □

(b) Have you engaged an engineer for the purposes of making an application under Regulation 8 of the 2020 Regulations but have not made the application before the 22 June 2023 and subsequently made an application under section 13 of the 2022 Act?

Yes □ No □

(c) Have you received a determination under section 15(1)(a) of the Principal Act that the damage threshold has been met and the determined grant under the Principal Act has reached the scheme cap?

Yes □ No □

8. Have you previously received a notification from the designated local authority under section 16(9) of the 2022 Act, relating to the issuance of an approved remediation option and grant under 16(4)(a) of the 2022 Act?

Yes □ No □

9. Have you received a final part payment of a remediation option grant or the payment of the whole of the remediation grant under section 18 of the 2022 Act?

Yes □ No □

10. Have you received payment of an increased grant pursuant to section 18A of the 2022 Act?

Yes □ No □

11. Have you submitted a request to the local authority to the recoup the cost of the provision of an Engineer’s Report?

Yes □ No □

12. Have you evidence of the cost of your Engineer’s Report and can you provide a copy of said evidence with this application form?

Yes □ No □

13. Have you/joint owner(s) or any other person who has a legal or beneficial interest in the dwelling received a payment e.g. insurance, compensation etc., in respect of damage to the relevant dwelling arising out of, or in connection with, the use of defective concrete blocks in its construction?

Yes □ No □

14. If you answered Yes to Question 13, please detail the nature and the amount of the relevant payment below

€

15. I confirm that where a payment otherwise than under the Act, is made to or for my benefit or any person who has a legal or beneficial interest in the dwelling in respect of damage to the relevant dwelling the subject of this application, arising out of or in connection with defective concrete blocks, I will notify the relevant authority of the details of the payment, and the amount thereof, within 28 days of the making of that payment.

Yes □ No □

16. I confirm,

by my signature below

, that I wish to make an application for reimbursement of fees associated with the costs of engineers report as required under the 2022 Act.

______________________

Signature

Part 3

Data Protection

Any personal data you provide will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). A Privacy Notice explaining how your personal data will be used, and information on your rights as a data subject, is available from your Local Authority.

17. Applicant’s Signature

18. Date

19. Print Name

Note: in this Form “the 2022 Act” means the

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022

(No. 28 of 2022

).

Form 9

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. No. 225 of 2026)

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Block Act 2022 (No. 28 of 2022) (“2022 Act”)

Application by a transitional applicant for the reimbursement of the cost of an engineer’s report required for the purposes of an application pursuant to the Regulations of 2020.

Notice of Decision by Designated Local Authority

(insert name of designated local authority)

Relevant Owner Name and Address Details

20. Is the New Applicant (tick as appropriate)

(a) Married to the current relevant owner □

(b) The civil partner of the current relevant owner □

(c) A cohabitant of the current relevant owner □

(d) None of the above □

21. If you ticked (a), (b) or (c) in response to question 20 then please provide documentary evidence in the form of marriage certificate, civil partnership certificate or in the case cohabitants two of the following: Joint tenancy/mortgage agreement, utility bills in both names at the address, joint bank account statements or revenue records showing same address.

Part 3

Ownership of Relevant Dwelling

22. Is the new applicant a joint owner of the relevant dwelling?

Yes □ No □

23. If the answer to Question 22 is yes then please provide proof that the new applicant is a joint owner, such proof being-

(i) A copy of title deeds of the relevant dwelling,

(ii) A registration of title, or

(iii) Other legal documents proving the beneficial interest in the relevant dwelling.

24. If the answer to Question 22 is yes, on what date did the new applicant become a joint owner?

Part 4

New Applicant Declarations

25. I declare that I have a beneficial interest in the relevant dwelling that is the subject of this notification.

Yes □ No □

26. I give my consent for the local authority to share information with the Housing Agency and any other public body for the purposes of assessment of the remediation option grant.

Yes □ No □

27. Have you or any other person who has a legal or beneficial interest in the dwelling received a payment e.g. insurance, compensation etc., in respect of damage to the relevant dwelling arising out of or in connection with, the use of defective concrete blocks in its construction?

Yes □ No □

28. If you answered ‘

Yes

’ to Question 27 please specify the payment made to you

29. Have you or any other person who has a legal or beneficial interest in the dwelling made a claim against a person arising from damage to the dwelling caused by the use of defective concrete blocks in its construction?

Yes □ No □

30. I confirm that where a payment otherwise than under the Act, is made to or for my benefit or any other person who has a legal or beneficial interest in the dwelling in respect of damage to the relevant dwelling subject of this application, arising out of or in connection with defective concrete blocks, I will notify the relevant local authority of the details of the payment, and the amount thereof, within 28 days of the making of that payment.

Yes □ No □

31. Where I have received or receive in the future, a non-scheme payment otherwise than under the Act, made to or for my benefit in respect of damage to the relevant dwelling subject of this application, arising out of or in connection with defective concrete blocks, I confirm that I will refund the local authority the lesser of the following

• total payments made by the local authority under the Act;

or

• the amount equal to the non-grant payment(s).

Yes □ No □

32. I confirm that, Local Property Tax (LPT) affairs are in order and I consent to the verification of my LPT compliance by the local authority.

Yes □ No □

33. I confirm that, to the best of my knowledge, my tax affairs are in order and I consent to the verification of my tax compliance by the local authority.

Yes □ No □

34. I confirm that I have not received a payment under the Act in respect of another dwelling (except in the event of a tenancy under Section 25(4) of the 2022 Act).

Yes □ No □

35. I confirm that I intend to reside in the relevant dwelling as my principal private residence, following completion of the remedial works (except in the event of a tenancy under Section 25(4) of the 2022 Act).

Yes □ No □

36. I confirm that, as landlord of the relevant dwelling, should I dispose of this dwelling or that I cease to be a landlord registered on the residential tenancies register, that I consent to a charge being made on the relevant dwelling in favour of the local authority under charging order provisions (Section 31(1) of the 2022 Act).

Yes □ No □

37. Declaration

I, the undersigned, declare that the information provided in, and attached to this form is true, complete and not misleading.

Signed.................................................

Date....................................................

Part 5

Data Protection

Any personal data you provide will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). A Privacy Notice explaining how your personal data will be used, and information on your rights as a data subject, is available from your Local Authority.

38. Applicant’s Signature

39. Date

40. Print Name

Note: in this Form “2022 Act” means the

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022

(No. 28 of 2022).

FORM 7

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. No. 225 of 2026) (Regulation 7(4))

Section 24 (4A) Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Block Act 2022 (No. 28 of 2022) (“the 2022 Act”)

Notification by Joint Owner to be regarded as Relevant Owner

Notice of Decision by Designated Local Authority

(insert name of designated local authority)

Relevant Owner Name and Address Details

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

29

th May,

2026.

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