Varadkar: Better mica redress scheme needed 

Mica activist Paddy Diver addresses a rally outside Leinster House on Wednesday. Picture: Damien Storan

The Tánaiste has said the mica redress scheme has "gone on too long" and that a "better scheme is needed".

Leo Varadkar was asked about the defective blocks during leaders' questions in the Dáil on Thursday, but stopped short of backing campaigners' key demand for 100% redress.