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The Department of Housing has promised that an updated cost report for Clare home owners affected by pyrite will be prepared for Minister Darragh O’Brien. The Clare Pyrite Action Group chairperson, Martina Cleary has stated local homeowners who are availing of the Enhanced Defective Concrete Block (DCB) Scheme are still experiencing difficulties accessing SEAI grants to improve the energy performance of their homes. Even though her house will have to be completely demolished, Ms Cleary confirmed she has only been approved for a 60% grant of the cost of rebuilding and is 40% short of what she actually needs. When the rebuilding rates for affected home owners were set by the government in July 2023, Ms Cleary recalled these rates were supposed to be revised to take account of construction inflation a year later, which didn’t happen. For Clare pryrite home owners who were approved for inclusion in the Defective Block Scheme last June almost a year after the rebuilding …
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