Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien is expected to bring a memo to cabinet on Wednesday, proposing a scheme which will cover the remedial costs of fire, structural safety and water-caused defects on apartment buildings and duplexes built between 1991 and 2013.

Owners of apartments at The Crescent, in Park West, Clondalkin, were told in August that they had to foot a bill of €68,500 per apartment to pay for urgent remediation work, after a number of fire safety issues were discovered in the building. 

Sam (64) owns a one-bedroom apartment in a building that has been deemed unsafe due to fire safety issues. He, along with other residents of The Crescent, Dublin 12, face possible eviction if the defects are not remedied