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

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Information sharing

47. (1) A designated local authority or the Housing Agency may share information with a public body where it is necessary and proportionate:

(a) for the purpose of the performance of a function of the public body in so far as the function relates to the provision of a service to a relevant owner for the purposes of this Act, or

(b) to establish the entitlement of a relevant owner to the provision of a service by the designated local authority or the public body for the purposes of this Act.

(2) The information referred to in subsection (1) may include:

(a) a relevant owner’s name and address;

(b) the address and Eircode of a relevant dwelling;

(c) a copy of building condition assessment reports submitted under section 13 or reports of an authorised officer under section 16;

(d) the remediation option or amount of remediation option grant approved by the Housing Agency under section 16(4) in relation to a relevant dwelling;

(e) such other information as may be prescribed by the Minister for the purposes of subsection (1).

(3) The Minister may prescribe—

(a) the purposes for which the information may be shared under subsection (1), including specifying the persons with whom the information may be shared, and

(b) such conditions as the Minister considers appropriate to impose on the sharing of the information.

(4) In this section, “public body” has the same meaning as it has in section 10 of the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 and shall also include—

(a) Sustainable Energy Ireland - The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland,

(b) Geological Survey of Ireland, and

(c) the National Standards Authority of Ireland.

Annotations

Amendments:

F44

Inserted by Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Act 2025 (20/2025), s. 30(a), not commenced as of date of revision.

F45

Substituted by Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Act 2025 (20/2025), s. 30(b), not commenced as of date of revision.

Modifications (not altering text):

C17

Prospective affecting provision: subss. (3A), (3B) inserted, subs. (4) substituted by Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Act 2025 (20/2025), s. 30(a), (b), not commenced as of date of revision.

F44[(3A) The SEAI may share information with a designated local authority where it is necessary and proportionate to establish the funding which has been provided or is to be provided by the SEAI to a person who has made an application under section 13, 17A or 23A, as the case may be.]

F44[(3B) The information referred to in subsection (3A) may include:

(a) a relevant owner’s name and address;

(b) the address and Eircode of a relevant dwelling;

(c) the meter point reference number assigned to an electricity account in the relevant dwelling;

(d) an application for funding made by a relevant owner to the SEAI;

(e) the amount of funding provided or to be provided by the SEAI to a relevant owner;

(f) the purpose of funding provided or to be provided by the SEAI to a relevant owner.]

F45[(4) In this section, “public body” has the same meaning as it has in section 10 of the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 and shall also include—

(a) the SEAI,

(b) Geological Survey of Ireland, and

(c) the National Standards Authority of Ireland;

“SEAI” means the Sustainable Energy Ireland - The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland.]

Editorial Notes:

E42

Power pursuant to section exercised (29.06.2023) by Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 347 of 2023).