Leo Varadkar rules out ditching concrete levy as society must bear cost

The Tanáiste also faced calls to extend the moratorium on disconnections for electricity and gas customers through the winter to pay-as-you-go customers

Leo Varadkar argued that quarries are not going to be able to come up with the money. Photo: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

Tanáiste Leo Varadkar has ruled out abandoning a controversial concrete levy and said the cost of the defective blocks problem must be borne by society.

Mr Varadkar said that the mica problem was probably going to cost billions of euro and something would also have to be done for defective apartment blocks.