Dwellings Damaged by Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Increased Grant) Regulations 2026.

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 58/2026
• Year: 2026

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.

S.I. No. 58 of 2026

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DWELLINGS DAMAGED BY USE OF DEFECTIVE CONCRETE

BLOCKS (INCREASED GRANT) REGULATIONS 2026

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DWELLINGS DAMAGED BY USE OF DEFECTIVE CONCRETE

BLOCKS (INCREASED GRANT) REGULATIONS 2026

CONTENTS

Regulation

1. Citation

2. Definitions

3. Application for increase to remediation grant

4. Procedures of designated local authority for assessment of application for

increase to remediation grant

5. Application for payment of increased remediation grant

6. Procedures of designated local authority for payment of increased

remediation grant

7. Amendment of Regulations of 2023

Schedule

Prescribed Forms

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DWELLINGS DAMAGED BY USE OF DEFECTIVE CONCRETE

BLOCKS (INCREASED GRANT) REGULATIONS 2026

I, JAMES BROWNE, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in

exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3(1), 17A and 18A (inserted

by sections 9 and 11, respectively, of the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged

by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Act 2025 (No. 20 of

2025)) of the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective

Concrete Blocks Act 2022 (No. 28 of 2022), hereby make the following

regulations:

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Dwellings Damaged by Use of

Defective Concrete Blocks (Increased Grant) Regulations 2026.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations –

“Act of 2025” means Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of

Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Act 2025 (No. 20 of 2025);

“Principal Act” means Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of

Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 (No. 28 of 2022);

“Regulations of 2023” means Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use

of Defective Concrete Blocks Regulations 2023 (S. I. No. 347 of 2023);

“section 17A” means section 17A (inserted by section 9 of the Act of 2025) of

the Principal Act;

“section 18A” means section 18A (inserted by section 11 of the Act of 2025) of

the Principal Act.

Application for increase to remediation grant

3. An application under section 17A(1) shall be made in the form prescribed

as Form 1 set out in the Schedule.

Procedures of designated local authority for assessment of application for

increase to remediation grant

4. (1) The prescribed matters to which a designated local authority shall

have regard in approving an increased grant under section 17A(6)(a) shall be—

(a) the size of the relevant dwelling (floor and wall areas) at the time

of the decision under section 16(4)(a) of the Principal Act, and

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 27th February, 2026.