The 5% levy will add approximately €400 - €700 to the cost of an apartment unit, the council will also hear

A levy for mica crisis — and rightly so — but redress scheme for mother and baby homes leaves a lot to be desired 

Huge sums of money will be drained to compensate those affected by faulty construction while the industry, in which systemic failures occurred, walks away unscathed, writes Mick Clifford

The reduced rate is set to draw in €32m if revenue annually

The matter was tabled at Cabinet on Tuesday following a meeting between Mr Donohoe and the three Government party leaders on Monday night

The €6bn is to help homeowners whose houses have been destroyed by defective blocks and to bring 100,000 apartments up to fire safety standards

The Irish Examiner reported on Monday that the ban on evictions will go before Cabinet as early as tomorrow if Mr O'Brien gets the go-ahead from the Coalition leaders

Evictions ban

Coalition party leaders are expected to decide if the ban should be implemented — but homelessness charity Simon maintain such a ban will not be enough to stem the housing crisis

Tánaiste said it was not credible to have a multi-billion euro commitment to repair and rebuild mica homes and defective apartments without a revenue stream to pay for it

I would have to agree with Michael Moynihan’s views on the proposed Kildare village-like site in Carrigtwohill, (‘Michael Moynihan: Wake up and support our local businesses before they’re decimated’, Irish Examiner, October 6).

Micheál Martin criticised Mary Lou McDonald for engaging in "double-think" in relation to the concrete levy

Donegal mica redress advocate Paddy Diver described the concrete levy as a “knife in the back” for mica homeowners

What started as a way to honour healthcare staff now looks like a measly half-hearted afterthought — and it's still not been paid

Micheál Martin defended the budgetary measure despite political controversy and warning of price increases from representatives from the construction industry

It will impact many farms that need a load of ready mix for upgrades

Organisations representing builders have said the levy could increase the cost of a new home by up to €3,000, if not more

Many are also facing bills of between €20,000 and €70,000 for remediation of their Celtic Tiger-era defective buildings

ESRI: Measures will 'substantially cushion' incomes but most of the permanent changes to tax and welfare benefit those on higher wages

Mica redress scheme could cost up to €6bn, Micheál Martin said

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

Potential legal challenges to the levy may vanish — but they were never the biggest problem with Paschal Donohoe’s plan

Despite TDs' protests, a senior Coalition source said last night there are 'no plans to postpone' the introduction of the levy which will contribute to the mica redress scheme

Paschal Donohoe announced a 10% levy on concrete blocks, pouring concrete and other concrete products with the levy to take effect from April next year

A woman whose garden wall collapsed because of defective blocks said she lives in terror every night that the chimney of her home will crash in on top of her as she sleeps.

Around €80m of the €2.7bn mica redress scheme is expected to be raised by a levy targeting the construction industry

The response of Ireland Inc to a long list of construction scandals leaves a lot to be desired

With average remediation costs of more than €25,000 and just 10% of apartments having been repaired, the bill could come in anywhere between €1.7bn and €2.8bn

The potential €2.8bn needed to fix defects in up to 110,000 apartments could be made up of exchequer funding and a levy on the construction industry, said the Tánaiste

Tented accommodation is not acceptable but could log cabins be a solution?

The key issue found is understood to be inadequate fire stopping, with many homes having no fire-stopping measures.

'A child can’t kick a ball around their house fearing it could collapse on them'

Mr McHugh said the Government's Defective Concrete Block bill was punitive

The bill is to see over €2.7bn paid out to homeowners whose properties have been affected by mica

Those affected say they will refuse the proposed redress scheme unless it is amended on a number of grounds

Residents say it will not provide 100% redress for many homeowners and the formula for calculating costs is flawed

Mica Action Group member Paddy Diver accused the Government of "rushing this legislation through before summer recess so we can't argue with it".

Energy bills could be cut by up to €127 a year from 2023, with the utility regulator gaining new powers at Tuesday's Cabinet meeting.

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien has said he wants the legislation “passed urgently” but said the level of support being extended to the homeowners is “unprecedented”.

Clare, Tipperary, Limerick, and Sligo are revealed to have been affected too, so the cost of redress may surge well past €2.2bn

Excluding social housing bodies from home defects redress, and the reason for doing so, would be laughable if it weren’t so damaging, writes Special Correspondent Mick Clifford

Plus, Saol Clainne examines the devastating impact of mica in homes 

Government legislation for defective blocks scheme expected next month 

It is understood the new model will give the estimated rebuild cost and average rebuild cost for eight different types of houses.