A working group set up by the Department of Housing to examine the issue of Celtic tiger building defects is to establish the scale of the problem and what the potential cost of remediating the defects would be. The group will come up with a traffic-light system to categorise and prioritise defects for remediation, with those threatening life and safety being prioritised. Finally, it will establish the potential cost of remediating these defects and what financial solutions could be agreed. The aim is to have a report from the working group before next summer and that would be discussed as part of Budget 2022, he added. The State has traditionally been reticent to offer assistance to those affected by building defects, wary of the potential for an open-ended liability to emerge.

Source: The Irish Times October 07, 2020 14:37 UTC