Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022

Regulations for purposes of sections 56 and 57

58. (1) The Minister may make such further incidental, supplementary and consequential provision by regulations as he or she considers appropriate for the purposes of giving effect to sections 56 and 57 .

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Minister may prescribe—

(a) the circumstances in which an engineer is considered to be engaged for the purposes of section 56 (1).

(b) subject to subsection (3), the amount of a payment which may be given to an individual referred to in subsection (1) or (2) of section 56 for the purposes of reimbursing him or her for the cost of the engineer’s report referred to in that section,

(c) the procedure by which the relevant local authority shall perform its functions under subsections (1) and (2) of section 57 ,

(d) the procedure by which an individual may claim payments of any grant approved, revised, or applied for, in accordance with section 57 ,

(e) subject to subsections (9) and (10) of section 57 , the manner in which appeals under Regulation 13 are to be conducted.

(3) The amount of a payment which may be prescribed by regulations made under subsection (2)(b) shall not exceed the lesser of—

(a) the expenditure of the person in respect of the engineer’s report, and

(b) €7,000.