DONEGAL TD Joe McHugh has welcomed the publication today of the expert panel’s report on Mica-affected homes in Donegal and Mayo and says he wants the panel recommendations implemented as soon as possible.
The Mica Report makes a number of recommendations and recognises hundreds of homeowners here in the county were affected through no fault of their own.
Minister McHugh said his first thoughts are with the families who have been so badly affected and he paid tribute to their courage and perseverance, especially those involved in the Mica Action Group.
He also thanked Minister Damien English for publishing the report which was released by the Attorney General after a legal review.
The report said the estimated number of homes in Donegal affected by Mica is 1,200, but that figure could rise to 4,800.
“I welcome the fact that the report has now been published,” said Minister McHugh.
“I want to thank Mr McCarthy and his expert panel for this report which is a technical assessment of the issues. It sets out the circumstances of how these issues arose and makes recommendations to prevent this happening again and I am particularly pleased that the panel recognises that the homeowners played no role in the circumstances which led to this situation.
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