Cabinet row brews over mica homes compensation scheme

Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue wants to see homeowners 'achieve a 100% redress scheme'

Mica-affected homeowners from Mayo and Donegal protest outside the Department of the Taoiseach in June. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

A Cabinet row is brewing over a scheme for mica homeowners, with Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue insisting that people should be fully compensated.

The Department of Housing believes that homeowners should have to pay 10% of costs with a recent position paper deeming this contribution "appropriate".