The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan, T.D., has welcomed the publication of the Pyrite Remediation Scheme and the announcement by the Board that its online application system will begin to accept applications from homeowners affected by pyritic damage from 26 February 2014.

Mr Hogan said: "I am delighted to announce that the Pyrite Resolution Board has published the Pyrite Remediation Scheme which will provide the framework for the assessment of applications and the carrying out of works to dwellings affected by pyritic damage. From the middle of next week affected homeowners will be able to submit applications under the scheme which I hope will mark the beginning of the end of the hardship and stress that so many have had to endure for too long." All homeowners who have registered an interest on the Pyrite Resolution Board's website will be notified when the application system goes live. The Minister continued: "Having seen the dreadful situations that people have had to live with I was determined to put in place the necessary structures that would deliver reasonable and sustainable solutions for those homeowners who have no other practicable options for redress and I believe we have achieved that objective."

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The announcement of the Pyrite Remediation Scheme follows the enactment of the Pyrite Resolution Act 2013 in late December 2013 and the establishment of the Pyrite Resolution Board (PRB) on a statutory basis in January of this year. Since its establishment the PRB has prepared the scheme in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Act and has progressed the development of its online application system to the point where the system will be operational and ready to accept applications by the middle of next week.

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