Written answers

Tuesday, 9 November 2021

Department of Finance

Defective Building Materials

Photo of Pádraig Mac LochlainnPádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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88. To ask the Minister for Finance the communication he has had or meetings he has held with retail banks and insurance companies with respect to contributions through levies or otherwise to a 100% redress scheme for homes affected by defective concrete blocks as a result of MICA and pyrite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54424/21]

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department maintains contact with both the Banking Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI) and the insurance sector on a on going basis. While I have not met them specifically on the issue of contributions through levies or otherwise to a 100% redress scheme for homes affected by defective concrete blocks as a result of MICA and pyrite, I understand that the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage will as soon as possible bring a proposal to Government in relation to the future of the defective concrete remediation scheme and the issues arising and it will then form a matter for Government consideration.

I very much appreciate the huge importance of this issue in the many communities that have been affected by the mica problem, and that it is giving rise to much stress and anxiety for the households directly impacted. The Government also fully understands these concerns. The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage is now considering the report of the Working Group on the Defective Block scheme and this report and his proposals to improve the scheme, as well as the financing arrangements, will be fully considered by me and by all other Ministers when they are brought to Government in the near future.

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