Clare County Council is to write to the Housing Minister to request that planning permission fees are waived for pyrite affected homeowners.
Under the current enhanced defective blocks scheme, applicants can receive up to €462,000 to demolish and fully rebuild a dwelling impacted by the faulty mineral.
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But, if the home isn’t built on the original site, the household will have to foot the bill for planning fees, along with connections to water supplies and the electricity grid.
Kilrush Independent Councillor Ian Lynch says it’s a bill aggrieved families shouldn’t have to foot.
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