State required engineers working on mica applications to submit draft reports, receive 'comments'
The state has required engineers working on the mica scheme to submit draft reports and receive guidance from the Housing Agency before final reports are accepted. These reports have been crucial in affected homeowners being awarded grants they maintain are inadequate.
In one instance a Donegal family’s application – which was originally awarded a full demolition and rebuild before being downgraded – was subject of back and forth between the Housing Agency and the engineering company that reviewed the application. The Housing Agency now refuses to release the details of this back and forth, deciding only to release the finalised report.
In Paul Gallagher’s private advice to government, the then attorney general said homeowners would pressure engineers.
Correspondence partially released under freedom of information however shows that the state is giving "comments" to its engineers before final decisions are made.
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Back in Sep/Oct we ran a survey of over 1000 homeowners.
In that survey 75% said they had not submitted to the current scheme.
Since, then nothing has changed. In fact the only thing that has changed is that the current scheme has completely stall
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