Mica

Concrete levy to add €300m to costs of Housing for All targets, says industry body

Irish Concrete Federation says levy will generate most of its revenue from ready-mix products

Remediation of houses with defective blocks could cost €2bn without fully resolving issues

Engineering Ireland to tell Oireachtas committee that more research needed on mica and pyrite

Up to 2,500 to take part in class action-type mica case in Co Donegal

Litigation being funded by Donegal businessman Adrian Sheridan, who has contributed more than €2m on not-for-profit basis

Mica crisis blighting lives of students and teachers, TUI conference hears

Donegal teachers tell of ‘waking nightmare’ of homes that are ‘drafty, damp, depressing and above all dangerous

Firm involved in Mica controversy in court over claims of planning non-compliance

Cassidy Brothers Concrete Products Ltd appears in court over alleged non-compliance with planning conditions relating to Buncrana quarry

Defective concrete blocks in Donegal ‘not caused by mica’, study claims

Research published in leading international journal suggests issue has been caused by pyrrhotite

Firms considered buying ‘entire housing estates’ for staff, committee will hear

Talent shortage driven by housing crisis the biggest threat to Ireland’s businesses, says Chambers Ireland

McHugh would consider retaking whip following mica scheme changes

Donegal TD resigned the Government whip last year over mica vote

Pyrite remediation to cost estimated €230m by 2026, figures show

Scheme for those affected by mica and defective blocks could cost State more than €3.65bn

Q&A: How will scheme to fund repairs to defective apartments work?

Full cost of repairs to between 62,500 and 100,000 properties is to be covered by the State

Mica: More market surveillance urged for concrete manufacturers

Quarry audit by regulators sparks call for stronger scrutiny of sector

Up to 2,000 mica actions expected by year end, court hears

First of 1,100 cases already issued came before Commercial Court today

Swiss expert ‘repulsed’ after visiting crumbling Donegal homes

Dr Andreas Leemann believes pyrrhotite, rather than mica, is the root cause of the problem

Crumbling blocks in Donegal caused by pyrrhotite, not mica, expert claims

Dr Andreas Leemann has studied blocks from four homes and will present his evidence at a conference in Donegal on Tuesday

Reduced concrete levy will ‘still add €1,200′ to house costs

Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland to address Oireachtas finance committee on Wednesday

Taxpayer picks up construction industry’s bill once again

Through boom and bust, lobbyists for the construction sector have always made demands of the State

Concrete levy to be cut to 5% and delayed until September next year

Minister for Finance says charge, designed to cover cost of repairing building defects, will be in place ‘for the foreseeable future’

Cabinet to discuss details of concrete block levy

Levy to be included in Finance Bill but implementation likely to be delayed, sources say

Concrete block levy to go ahead in modified form in Finance Bill

Scheme to support businesses with rising energy costs looks set to be extended to professional businesses such as GPs

Now is not the time for a concrete block levy, say Fianna Fáil TDs and Senators

Party members raise concerns over timing of move and call for deferral

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