Sliding scale in Mica redress plan to be abandoned in favour of new model

People taking part in a Mica & Pyrite protest held in Dublin last year. Picture: John O'Grady.

The controversial sliding scale model in the government’s mica redress scheme is to be abandoned and replaced with a new model.

Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien, in a bid to quell mounting criticism, requested the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) to devise a model of assessing costs.