Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Again, figures are being plucked out of the air and tossed about the place in the context of the mica scheme. My understanding is that a house of the size just referred to could be entitled to up to €300,000 for a rebuild, plus the €20,000 for rent and storage. This is a very expansive scheme, and is much better than the previous one. We have listened and taken on board a range of issues that homeowners brought to our attention through the working group. The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland will be updating its square-footage rate. It does so annually. We have made it very clear that we want to be governed by the methodology that it uses objectively on the square-footage rate. That has been built into the Government decision. We need to be very careful about throwing figures out and saying people will have to pay X, Y or Z. That is not the intention at all.

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