Any chance we can reopen the Boarder Commission and ask the Brit's to take it back?There's something rotten in the state of Donegal, and I don't just mean the MICA houses.
Did you mean 'pre Celtic Tiger'? The building control system changes after the Priory Hall incidents, with individual architects or engineers (and their PI insurance providers) signing off on compliance with building regs for new builds. Before that, it was down to individual clients or project managers. The state has a role in ensuring compliance with building regs, but inspection levels varied widely across the country, figures from 15% to 100% iirc.Everyone is responsible but no one is responsibile but ultimately, we had a standard that was never effectively enforced post the Celtic Tiger years.
Did you mean 'pre Celtic Tiger'? The building control system changes after the Priory Hall incidents, with individual architects or engineers (and their PI insurance providers) signing off on compliance with building regs for new builds. Before that, it was down to individual clients or project managers. The state has a role in ensuring compliance with building regs, but inspection levels varied widely across the country, figures from 15% to 100% iirc.
What is the role of the State in licensing quarries and quality controlling the output?
Whatever about active \ pro-active enforcement, did Donegal county council continue using the quarry even after concerns were raised about contaminated output from the site? With no reactive check?There is no getting past the fact that corners were cut in the Celtic Tiger years. Plaster covered a lot of issues. However post the Tiger, the embargo on recruitment in the Public sector meant things got pushed down to the councils who couldn't get the resources to check and enforce in many cases
its not just the quarry, its the block manufaturer(s) as well. the main manufacturer has always claimed their blocks met the required standardsWhatever about active \ pro-active enforcement, did Donegal county council continue using the quarry even after concerns were raised about contaminated output from the site? With no reactive check?
Only rentals that are registered with the PRTB are covered.There are also cash-only landlords of holiday homes here who are going to be made whole here and this is a really disgusting use of public funds.
I presume that the existing mortgage will still be outstanding when the houses are rebuilt or am I missing something?The other issue is that redress could easily have been in the form of an interest-only loan at a fixed, low rate for life. Why on earth they will get to own their new homes outright is beyond me.
The same people who were planning to build 100,000 homes for 6.5B - 65,000 a unit. Sounds like they'll have to up that 50B+ if we're to get Sinn Fein sized homes.SF are really funny making this a political issue. 'Nobody can be expected to rebuild a house in the back end of Donegal for €420,000'...
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