A special sitting of Donegal County Council to discuss Mica is ongoing.
Opening the online public meeting, Cathaoirleach Councillor Jack Murray thanked the organisers of the 100% redress demonstration in Dublin and told the meeting that it does not sit well with him that mica affected properties were purchased by Donegal County Council and that the local authority continues to buy products from the manufacturer responsible for the defective blocks.
Cllr Frank McBrearty who requested Cllr Murray hold the meeting, raised among a number of points a letter circulated by engineer Dr Ambrose McCloskey which included concerns over the Mica Redress Committee.
He accused Councillor Martin McDermott, Chair of the Council’s Mica Redress Committee of not raising a letter he received from Dr McCloskey with the committee.
Cllr McDermott clarified that a personal letter he received from Dr McCloskey on February 23rd was passed to the Executive.
Much criticism was expressed over the exclusion of a member of Donegal County Council or a member of the Mica Redress Committee from the Defective Blocks Working Group set up by Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien.
Further calls for a full public independent inquiry were also made during the course of the meeting.
