No international expertise sought on mica problem

Paddy Diver from Inis Owen, Donegal, at Leinster House. 

The Department of Housing has not engaged with officials in other countries regarding properties afflicted with construction problems involving defects such as mica in concrete blocks.

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien has confirmed that the terms of reference of the expert panel which proposed the Defective Concrete Blocks Grant scheme currently in operation “did not extend beyond the jurisdiction of the Irish State”.