S.I. No. 57/2026 - Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Act 2025 (Commencement) Order 2026

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 27th February, 2026.

I, JAMES BROWNE, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1 (2) of the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Act 2025 (No. 20 of 2025), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Act 2025 (Commencement) Order 2026.

2. The 25th day of February 2026 is appointed as the day on which the following provisions of the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Act 2025 (No. 20 of 2025) shall come into operation:

(a) sections 1 to 4;

(b) section 5(b);

(c) section 6;

(d) sections 8 to 13;

(e) section 14(d);

(f) section 16;

(g) sections 19 and 20;

(h) sections 22 to 28;

(i) sections 32 and 33;

(j) section 37;

(k) section 39.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

19 February, 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.)

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage by section 1 (2) of the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2025 (No. 20 of 2025), this Order appoints 25th February 2026 as the day on which sections 1 to 4, 5(b), 6, 8 to 13, 14(d), 16, 19 and 20, 22 to 28, 32 and 33, 37 and 39.