Michael Clifford: Mica working group has bought Government time – but will it bring homeowners satisfaction?

The Mica working group has missed its deadline to sort out the standoff between homeowners and the department, and representatives are resigning. What next?

Thousands of homeowners and their supporters from Donegal and Mayo descended on the capital on June 15. They were mad as hell that a scheme to recompense them for defective concrete blocks provided for the State to pay up to 90% of the cost, with homeowners picking up the remainder of the tab. File picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

There was more than a touch of Yes Minister to the establishment of a working group to examine the defective concrete block scheme. 

Cast your mind back to June 15, when there was a wild display of colour and passion outside the Convention Centre in Dublin where the Dáil was sitting.