{"id":24076,"date":"2021-11-21T11:09:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T16:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=24076"},"modified":"2021-11-22T09:12:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T14:12:42","slug":"agriculture-minister-hopes-mica-redress-scheme-will-come-before-cabinet-very-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=24076","title":{"rendered":"Agriculture Minister Hopes Mica Redress Scheme Will Come Before Cabinet ‘Very Soon’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Charlie McConalogue said he believed that any proposal brought to Cabinet would deliver 100 per cent redress to homeowners (PA Wire\/PA Images)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Agriculture Minister has declined to say exactly when a much-anticipated Government proposal on a mica redress scheme will be considered by Cabinet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charlie McConalogue, a Donegal TD whose constituency has been at the center of the mica crisis, said on Sunday that he believed that any proposal brought to Cabinet would deliver 100 per cent redress to homeowners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, he was unable to say when the long-awaited scheme would come to Cabinet for approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defective building blocks containing excessive deposits of the mineral mica have seen thousands of properties start to crumble across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An estimated 5,000 homes in Co Donegal are affected, with thousands more understood to have faulty blocks in counties Sligo, Clare and Limerick, with campaigners calling for 100 per cent redress from the Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere has been ongoing engagement right across Government over the last number of weeks in terms of finalizing this scheme and getting the details right,\u201d Mr McConalogue said on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe key objective is to ensure that the scheme we put in place is one that is right, fully thought out and covers all the different aspects in terms of the support that homeowners will need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said that he was engaging with Housing Minister Darragh O\u2019Brien and other ministers on the shape of the eventual scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want to make the mistake of putting a timeline of when exactly it will go to Cabinet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEveryone is working to make sure it comes to Cabinet as quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHomeowners want us to ensure that the scheme is right and it stands the test of time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said that the expects the plan to come to Cabinet \u201cvery soon\u201d and re-iterated his backing for a scheme that meets the demands of campaigners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI absolutely believe it needs to be 100 per cent and that\u2019s what I\u2019m working with Minister O\u2019Brien to achieve and I\u2019m confident that we will get a scheme that will achieve that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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