Owners of an estimated 1,000 properties in need of immediate works are expected to apply for the redress scheme under the €10m package to repair pyrite-riddled homes approved by the Government.

The Government has approved an initial allocation of €10m in funding to repair homes affected by pyrite.

Owners of pyrite-riddled homes having damage repaired under a Government scheme will have to leave their property for up to three months.

People whose homes have been damaged by pyrite are meeting members of the Pyrite Resolution Board this afternoon to discuss a redress scheme for repairing their properties.