Dispute stalls €2.5bn remediation scheme for up to 100,000 defective apartments

Darragh O’Brien will meet representatives of local authorities tomorrow.  Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

A €2.5bn remediation scheme to fix up to 100,000 defective Celtic Tiger-era apartments has been stalled by a dispute between the Government and local authorities over resources to carry out the work.

The scheme, which was set up last December after nearly a decade in the making, was to focus initially on apartment blocks deemed to have ongoing fire-safety dangers.