Works completed on 472 Donegal properties under DCB scheme - Donegal Daily

The number of properties in Donegal on which works have been completed under the Enhanced Defective Concrete Block Scheme is now 472.Donegal’s County Council’s...

The number of properties in Donegal on which works have been completed under the Enhanced Defective Concrete Block Scheme is now 472.

Donegal's County Council's monthly report, published today, has outlined the status of applications to the scheme in the county up to the end of September.

The number of properties classified as fully remediated - meaning they have completed their approved repair option - is up by 38 from the end of August, when it was at 434.

Additionally, there were 125 Letters of Assurance issued for properties that did not undergo a full rebuild but have completed works.

The report also confirmed that there has been 2,921 applications received by Donegal County Council by the end of September.

There have also been 4056 online registrations for the scheme.

A total of 1570 applications have received an approved remediation option and a grant amount has been issued.

Works have commenced on 1096 properties - 15 more than the previous month.

The total amount that has now been approved for properties under the scheme is €566,827,024.

Of that, €299,309,750 had been paid by the end of September.

The report also states that, at the commencement of the Enhanced Scheme, Donegal County Council had 1,296 applications received under the Previous Scheme, which required transitioning to the Enhanced Scheme.

These applications are referred to as 'Transitional Applications.'

Donegal County Council had issued approval to 849 applications prior to the commencement of the Enhanced Scheme.

Remediation Option grant amounts from the previous scheme, which have been calculated or recalculated by Donegal County Council, are now 705.

The value of the grant amounts decided by the Housing Agency is €253,666,718 and the average timescale for 'Determination of Damage Threshold by the Housing Agency' is 60 days.

The number of applications validated by Donegal County Council and referred to the Housing Agency for 'Determination on Damage Threshold' is 1928, up from 1851 at the end of August.

There have been nine applications for 'Revised Approval under Section 23' and referred to the Housing Agency.

The number of determinations on damage threshold received from the Housing Agency and communicated to the applicant by Donegal County Council is 1782.

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Of that number, 1760 met the Damage Threshold and 22 did not meet the damage threshold.

To date, the Housing Agency has decided the 'Remediation Option Grant' on 50% of the applications which have been determined to have met the damage threshold under the provisions of the Enhanced Scheme.

The Housing Agency has advised the Council of 49 appeal determinations on the Remediation Option Grants.

The number of Remediation Option Grant determined by the Housing Agency so far and including the ones with appeal determinations is 865.

Of this number, 731 were determined Option 1; 68 were Option 2 and 13 were Option 3.

There were 10 Remediation Option grant refusals by the Housing Agency.

The value of grant amounts decided by the Housing Agency is €313,160,306

To date, Donegal County Council has processed valid payment claims and issued payments to applicant homeowners to a value of over €299m.

Up to the end of September this year, 322 applicants received payment, to a combined value of €15,902,273.

By category, the total paid out in remediation works is €274,918,870; Ancillary Grant was €8,146,891; Competent Building Professional / Engineer Report Fees was €8,003,554 and Professional Fees (Remedial Works Plan, Health & Safety, Professional Oversight) was €8,240,435.

The report outlines how the average number of days from a claim is submitted to being paid ( including time for submission of further information where the initial payment claim submitted was incomplete) is 21.1.

The average number of days from a valid claim is approved to paid is 8.8.

When the 2921 applications are broken down into categories, there were 2805 Principal Private Residences (PPR) and 116 under Residential Tenancy Board (RTB).

Nineteen applications were deemed ineligible and 70 were withdrawn by the applicant.

South Inishowen remains the Local Electoral Area with the highest number of applications, at 746.