Government to establish reimbursement programme for those who fixed Celtic Tiger-era defects 

The Housing Minister said a 'handful' of apartments would be focused on first and that would allow the government to establish a 'formula' on repayments for works carried out by apartment and duplex owners

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien said there are roughly 100,000 apartments impacted by construction defects, of which a third have already had remediation works carried out. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

The Government is to establish a pilot programme to reimburse apartment owners who fixed Celtic Tiger-era defects without State supports.

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien said there are roughly 100,000 apartments impacted by construction defects, of which a third have already had remediation works carried out.