# mica

Mica redress concrete levy to get amendment excluding precast products

The amendment to the Finance Bill 2022 will exclude the value of pouring concrete used in precast products from the scope of the levy.

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Sep 6th 2023, 10:58 AM

Last year

2022

Donegal County Council meeting adjourned to address Mica redress protest outside

Senior members of the council went to hear the concerns and frustration of the crowd.

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Nov 28th 2022, 8:33 PM

# concrete levy

Committee to be told concrete levy will add €1,200 to cost of the 'most common house types'

The SCSI will tell the committee that the levy will ‘challenge the viability of construction projects’.

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Oct 26th 2022, 6:00 AM

# not set in stone

Concrete levy budget climbdown as tax reduced to 5% and pushed out to September

The levy is part of a plan to offset the cost of the mica redress scheme.

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Oct 18th 2022, 8:45 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Do you support the new concrete block levy?

Sinn Féin has tabled a Dáil motion to scrap the new levy.

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Oct 4th 2022, 9:09 AM

10% levy on concrete blocks to help fund mica and pyrite redress schemes

The levy is expected to raise €80 million anually and it will be applied from 3 April 2023 at a rate of 10%.

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Sep 27th 2022, 2:57 PM

# Fire Safety

Builders' levy should help pay for works on thousands of defective apartments, says Bacik

Government will have to provide assistance, Leo Varadkar has said.

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Jul 15th 2022, 9:07 AM

# block party

Mica action groups declare intent to set up political party

The action groups intend to run local and general election candidates.

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Jul 6th 2022, 7:10 AM

Mica homeowners made to feel like 'chancers', committee hears

The Oireachtas housing committee was sitting for a marathon seven-hour evidence session on the Government’s new defective blocks bill today.

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Jun 23rd 2022, 5:56 PM

# Leaders' Questions

There will be no cap on the number of Ukrainian refugees Ireland takes in, says minister

There were heated exchanges between Independent TD Carol Nolan and the housing minister over the issue of immigration.

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Jun 22nd 2022, 4:07 PM

# Housing

Government expands mica scheme to include homeowners in Clare and Limerick

The estimated cost of the scheme now stands at €2.7 billion.

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Jun 14th 2022, 3:00 PM

# Redress

Mica homeowner group welcomes new report on costings for grant scheme

The report puts rebuild costs at between €150,000 and €421,000 depending on the size and location of the house.

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Mar 3rd 2022, 3:42 PM

# Donegal

'The anxiety was unbelievable': Mica homeowners feared for their safety during Storm Franklin

Homeowners are still waiting for clarity in relation to the redress scheme that will help them to fix their crumbling homes.

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Feb 21st 2022, 4:38 PM

All time

Mica: How a campaign started around a Donegal kitchen table captured the nation's attention

For some it has been a ten year battle for help with their crumbling homes.

After a ten-year campaign homeowners are still fighting for a scheme that will make it genuinely affordable to repair their homes, Michelle Hennessy reports.

Campaigners said the government "almost got it right" with recent enhancements to the scheme.

They are confident they can reach a resolution in 2022.

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Dec 31st 2021, 12:05 AM

Housing shortages will increase challenges with mica redress scheme, Taoiseach says

He said some people will have to seek alternative accommodation while homes affected are being replaced and repaired.

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Dec 30th 2021, 7:05 AM

# Donegal

Mica campaigners in discussions to form new political party

Activist Paddy Diver said he wants the people of Donegal to look out for the county “the way the Healy-Raes look after Kerry”.

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Dec 26th 2021, 1:03 PM

Mica campaigners say average homeowner will have to pay €65,000 under redress scheme

Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty today told the government to “go back to the drawing board”.

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Dec 1st 2021, 3:52 PM

# crumbling blocks

Mica redress: Package for homeowners capped at €420,000 in €2.2 billion scheme

The scheme will cover an estimated 7,500 homes at a total cost of €2.2 billion.

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Nov 30th 2021, 8:55 PM

# Homes

New mica redress scheme 'falls way short of the mark once again', campaigners say

Campaigners intend to march in Dublin again if the government does not revisit its plan.

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Nov 29th 2021, 9:29 AM

Mica redress decision to come before Cabinet ‘soon’, says McConalogue

The Minister for Agriculture said he believed that any proposal brought to Cabinet would deliver 100% redress to homeowners.

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Nov 21st 2021, 4:00 PM

Tax or levy to pay for new Mica redress scheme under consideration by government

It is believed that a cap of approximately €400,000 per home will ultimately be agreed upon.

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Nov 11th 2021, 11:54 AM

Children protest outside Dáil calling for 100% Mica redress scheme

The children said all they want is to feel safe in their homes.

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Oct 20th 2021, 1:24 PM

Mica protesters vow to continue demonstrations if 100% redress demands not met

Tens of thousands protested in Dublin calling for full redress.

Campaigners say they are considering running candidates in the next election

Taoiseach Micheal Martin said details of redress scheme would not be ready in time for the budget.

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Oct 8th 2021, 7:20 PM

'It’s mental torture': Thousands expected at mica rally as homeowners take long road to Dublin

Some homeowners say they do not feel safe in their homes.

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Oct 8th 2021, 6:01 AM

Mica redress package will be 'one of the biggest ever announced in relation to anything'

Minister Simon Coveney said however that it will not be ready before the Budget.

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Oct 5th 2021, 3:40 PM

Decision on mica scheme may not be made by end of October, junior minister says

A draft report did not recommend 100% redress, as demanded by campaigners.

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Oct 3rd 2021, 2:26 PM

Voices

Mica-affected homeowner: As a homebuyer in Ireland, you have few rights

Lisa Hone lives with mica in her home every day. She warns householders that they have very little protection on the biggest purchase of their lives.

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Oct 2nd 2021, 7:00 AM

'Not what we signed off on': Mica campaigners unhappy with redress report

The report says the total cost of the remediation scheme could be €3.2 billion.

Homeowners who have to completely demolish and rebuild their homes would not necessarily get a 100% grant.

Other remediation works would receive a 100% grant and all caps should be increased, the report says.

The report is to be considered by the minister before he brings proposals to Cabinet.

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Oct 1st 2021, 4:43 PM

Explainer: Mica, crumbling blocks and the campaign for 100% redress

Government plans to deal with the issue are likely to be tabled in the next fortnight.

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Sep 30th 2021, 11:59 PM

# Redress

'O'Brien needs to get his act together' say Mica protesters outside Leinster House today

Campaigners are seeking 100% redress for damage to their homes.

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Sep 30th 2021, 12:45 PM

Minister for Housing meets with Mica residents to discuss working group report

The householders, in Donegal and Mayo, are seeking 100% redress for their Mica damaged homes.

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Sep 29th 2021, 7:35 PM

# defective blocks scheme

Darragh O’Brien says ‘nothing is off the table’ on mica redress scheme

The Housing Minister will meet mica-affected homeowners later this week.

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Sep 27th 2021, 10:42 PM

Criticism of council after 19 rejections of pyrite homes in Mayo overturned on appeal

Applications had been rejected despite engineers’ reports and tests confirming the presence of pyrite.

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Sep 22nd 2021, 7:35 PM