Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Government is engaging with all those who have expressed a view on this issue. The finance Bill will be published. The Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, will give very careful consideration to all the issues that have been raised. However, we have to ensure that we can fund a €2.7 billion bill for the mica issue. The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, has a report on his desk relating to apartment defects, which could cost up to €2.5 billion to resolve. Between those two schemes, there is a bill of €5 billion that somebody will have to meet at some point in time. We will engage, we are considering all the points that have been raised and the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, will respond.

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