The Curse of Defective Concrete (Mica, Pyrrhotite, etc.) in Donegal homes - Read Mod warning Post 1

I would think they are developing the redress scheme as a financial support package for families in dire circumstances because the state has a duty of care to it's citizens. I don't see it as an admission of guilt.

I think you will find that the court cases due to take place soon will be far from open and shut cases. If these cases result in a negative outcome for the homeowners it could really impact on the amount of redress offered.

Im guessing its because you cant tell if someone is a mod or not, hence bold is reserved for them.

Fair enough, I've only realised that you can't tell if someones a mod, yet the bold option is available to all users.

Can you add this extra new rule to the others that are particular to this thread in first post please? In bold of course.

Fair enough, thanks for addressing my question.

As I posted before I'm not against providing assistance to families who are in danger of losing their homes due to mica contamination. What I would be concerned about is that people, mainly from large urban areas, who had built houses as holiday homes and/or somewhere to retire to would get compensated on the back of a campaign that highlights families in dire need. Not that I don't have sympathy for them it's just that I have more sympathy for others who are in more genuine need and dependant on the state's coffers.

They are indeed.

I wonder if they are excluded from the demand for 100% redress.

Did it cost them more than 350k to do that?

I've no problem with fair compensation, but the estimated cost seem extremely excessive to me.

When you think about what doesn't need to be replaced in a house (windows, doors, roof, stairs, kitchen units, bathroom fittings, any other furnishings, electrical fittings, electrical and water connection, boiler, fireplaces, foundations would still be ok, external sewerage system, most of landscaping and driveway etc etc)

Then you also don't have the cost of planning and council contribution that you'd have with a new build.

To me, the above items account for well more than half the cost of building a house. So is it the case that these people are expecting a brand new house, newly designed and planned? Must be if 300k won't cover half of them.

If that the case, they should be be told where to go. Give them 100k cheque and tell them to spend it however they like

Can't see them being included,

Article in today's IT on this issue by Jennifer O'Connell.

Donegal’s mica crisis: ‘It’s not who has mica. It’s who doesn’t’ (irishtimes.com)

I read it and as someone not from Donegal I found it interesting. Just wondering what others thought of it?

I suspect some of the questions Cassidys were being asked by the IT that they didn't answer were along the lines of 'were you testing for mica?' and 'have you retained the test results?'.

As highlighted in the article the standards follow EU guidelines but in this country at least are 'self-regulated' with some unknown level of inspection in County Dublin.

There is no evidence, apart from their say-so, that Cassidys blocks were 'passing government standards'. Personally I wouldn't believe anything they said whether it was through a firm of solicitors or not.

Indeed. The answer needs to be put out in the public domain.

I thought this happened ages ago...no?

It did, but I've seen surprisingly little online about it, on the Mica Facebook page etc.

I don't understand why it isn't being shouted from the rooftops.