The Donegal County Council has welcomed the recent announcement of funding for the repair of homes affected by Mica in Donegal.
The announcement comes as homeowners await details on how a €20million investment, which was announced earlier this year, will be used on a redress scheme.
On Tuesday, Minister Joe McHugh said that a ‘special funding pot’ of €40million will be set aside in 2020 for the fixing of homes affected by both Mica and Pyrite.
Speaking today, Donegal County Council said: “The recent announcement by Government of funding for the Mica Redress Scheme in Budget 2020 is a welcomed development.
“Donegal County Council can confirm that engagement is ongoing with officials in the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government in relation to the details of the scheme, including enabling regulations, with the objective of concluding this work as soon as possible.
“The council is also making preparations for the work in relation to the administration of the scheme so that when the regulations enabling the opening of applications to the scheme come into effect it will be in a state of readiness to receive and process applications.”
