Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Act 2025

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Number 20 of 2025

CONTENTS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Section

1. Short title, commencement and collective citation

PART 2

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

2. Interpretation (Part 2)

3. Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act

4. Amendment of section 7 of Principal Act

5. Amendment of section 10 of Principal Act

6. Amendment of section 13 of Principal Act

7. Damage threshold for attached dwellings

8. Amendment of section 17 of Principal Act

9. Application for increase to remediation option grant

10. Amendment of section 18 of Principal Act

11. Payment of increased grant

12. Amendment of section 19 of Principal Act

13. Amendment of section 21 of Principal Act

14. Amendment of section 22 of Principal Act

15. Application for an adjacent remediation option

16. Amendment of section 23 of Principal Act

17. Insertion of new sections 23A and 23B in Principal Act

18. Amendment of section 24 of Principal Act

19. Amendment of section 26 of Principal Act

20. Amendment of section 27 of Principal Act

21. Amendment of section 28 of Principal Act

22. Amendment of section 29 of Principal Act

23. Amendment of section 30 of Principal Act

24. Amendment of section 31 of Principal Act

25. Amendment of section 32 of Principal Act

26. Amendment of section 33 of Principal Act

27. Amendment of section 34 of Principal Act

28. Amendment of section 39 of Principal Act

29. Amendment of section 43 of Principal Act

30. Amendment of section 47 of Principal Act

31. Amendment of section 53 of Principal Act

PART 3

Amendment of Building Control Act 1990

32. Interpretation (Part 3)

33. Amendment of section 3 of Act of 1990

34. Amendment of section 6 of Act of 1990

35. Transitional provisions in relation to change of names of certificates

36. Amendment of section 7 of Act of 1990

37. Amendment of section 8 of Act of 1990

38. Insertion of sections 10A and 10B in Act of 1990

39. Amendment of section 11 of Act of 1990

40. Amendment of section 12 of Act of 1990

PART 4

Amendment of other Acts

41. Amendment of Taxes Consolidation Act 1997

42. Amendment of section 3 of Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011

Acts Referred to

Building Control Act 1990 (No. 3)

Building Control Acts 1990 to 2020

Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (No. 24)

Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (No. 5)

Disability Act 2005 (No. 14)

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (No. 27)

Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 (No. 2)

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

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39)

Number 20 of 2025

REMEDIATION OF DWELLINGS DAMAGED BY THE USE OF DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2025

An Act to amend the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022; to amend the eligibility criteria for applications for grants in respect of alternative accommodation, storage and immediate repairs; to provide for a further mechanism for the assessment of certain attached dwellings damaged by the use of defective concrete blocks; to provide for an application for an increase in the amount of a grant for remediation of certain dwellings damaged by the use of defective concrete blocks; to amend the time limit for the payment of a grant for remediation; to provide for the construction of a new dwelling in exceptional circumstances; to provide for the review of certain approved remediation options and a procedure for the approval of a new remediation option and grant; to enable certain joint owners to become relevant owners; to provide for charging orders for additional payments and their release; to provide for information sharing between specified public bodies; to amend and extend the Building Control Act 1990 to provide for regularisation certificates of compliance on completion in certain circumstances; to change the names of certain certificates issued under that Act; to confer on the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the power to make regulations relating to enforcement notices; to extend the powers of authorised persons; to provide for the opening up of works in certain limited circumstances; and to provide for related matters.

[23rd December, 2025]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: