A DONEGAL Deputy has called on the Government to ensure National Standards Authority of Ireland takes on board new study on defective blocks. Independent TD for Donegal, Thomas Pringle, has called on Government to ensure the National Standards Authority of Ireland takes on board a new study that shows pyrite, pyrrhotite and other substances are […]
Study claims Mica not main cause of defective blocks crisis
A Scientific study has claimed that mica is not the primary issue in the defective blocks crisis. The report titled ‘The “mica crisis” in Donegal, Ireland – A case of internal sulfate attack?’ investigated the cause of the defective block scandal that is affecting thousands of homes in Donegal. The four investigated homes are located […]
Mica Action Group going through regulations closely
The Mica Action Group (MAG) is currently going through the latest version of the draft regulations with “a fine tooth comb”. The long awaited updated regulations were published earlier this week. The Chair of MAG, Lisa Hone told the Donegal News that the group is currently reviewing the highly detailed regulations, ensuring their understanding and […]
Pringle supports call for minister to come to Donegal to meet on mica redress issues
Independent TD for Donegal, Thomas Pringle, has supported the call of the Mica Action Group and Donegal county councillors for the Housing Minister to come to Donegal to discuss outstanding issues in the mica redress scheme. Addressing the Dáil, Deputy Pringle said, “I hosted the Mica Action Group who, along with county councillors, spoke to […]
PICTURED: Donegal Councillors hold mica protest in Dublin
A DELEGATION of Donegal County Councillors assembled outside Leinster House this afternoon to demand equality for defective block homeowners. Photo Credit: Mica Action Group Advertisement
Councillors to travel to Dáil Éireann today over mica
Twenty councillors are this morning making their way to Dáil Éireann to meet with Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien.
‘Council is not taking modular home issue serious enough’
A Letterkenny councillor has claimed the Council is not taking the issue of alternative accommodation and modular homes for defective block homeowners serious enough. Cllr Gerry McMonagle submitted a motion calling for the Council to submit a proposal to the Department of Housing calling for the introduction and use of modular homes to house those […]
Housing Minister to commence homeowner engagement on the draft mica regulations next week
Donegal Fianna Fáil have met this week with Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien in Dublin for detailed discussions on the progress of the new Mica Scheme. The meeting discussed the importance of a prompt transition from the outgoing scheme to the new one and the need to ensure that the regulations are practical and work for […]
Mica court case fast tracked
THE first of what could see some 2,000 legal actions taken over defective blocks was this week entered into the fast-track Commercial Court, a move welcomed by the Defective Blocks Ireland group. The case on behalf of husband and wife teachers from Malin Head, Liam Ó Dochartaigh and Greinne Bean Uí Dochartaigh is described as […]
Pringle demands clarity from Government on commencement of defective blocks act
Donegal Deputy Thomas Pringle has pressed Government to commence the defective blocks act that was rushed though the Dáil last year but yet still ‘sits on the shelf’. Addressing the Tánaiste in the Dáil today, Deputy Pringle said, “At the end of September, the Minister for Housing replied to a parliamentary question I put down […]