“The attorney general in private correspondence on government’s mica scheme suggested measures to reduce the number of applicants, limit the state’s financial exposure and help ensure claims were kept as low as possible. He wrote it would be imperative to ensure applicants could only avail of “the least costly option”.
Gallagher – whose property portfolio is worth about €8.5 million – warned housing minister Darragh O’Brien, “Any applicant will pitch his/her claim on the most generous basis that can be credibly advanced.”
He also advised against the usage of certain words. “It is important to avoid use of terms like ‘compensation’ or ‘redress,’” he wrote.”
Incase you’re wondering if an Attorney General has justice and the publics best interests at heart.
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You know what’s a great idea…in the midst of a housing crisis applying an additional levy to concrete so it costs even more to build new homes because the government refused to change the law to stop it happening again.
But yeah, families with their houses crumbling down around them are the real chancers. Not the still operational quarry that simply folded the old company and kept on operating as if nothing happened.
AG & the government should fuck off
There has been a recent surge in people who have an engineer’s report recommending full demolish, being downgraded on review to a much lessor option. They can appeal, but the appeal board hasn’t been created yet…
It seems like intentional cruelty at the hands of senior civil servants have been stonewalling the redress scheme from the start.
I guess the value of these homeowners houses doesn’t matter.
I would imagine there would be a bit of abuse of a scheme like this. Its completely fine to point this out.
Headline should be former attorney general.
It isn’t because of lazy journalism and knowing people will think it’s Rossa Fanning when it’s actually Paul Gallagher being discussed in the article.
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“The attorney general in private correspondence on government’s mica scheme suggested measures to reduce the number of applicants, limit the state’s financial exposure and help ensure claims were kept as low as possible. He wrote it would be imperative to ensure applicants could only avail of “the least costly option”.
Gallagher – whose property portfolio is worth about €8.5 million – warned housing minister Darragh O’Brien, “Any applicant will pitch his/her claim on the most generous basis that can be credibly advanced.”
He also advised against the usage of certain words. “It is important to avoid use of terms like ‘compensation’ or ‘redress,’” he wrote.”
Incase you’re wondering if an Attorney General has justice and the publics best interests at heart.
Rat
You know what’s a great idea…in the midst of a housing crisis applying an additional levy to concrete so it costs even more to build new homes because the government refused to change the law to stop it happening again.
But yeah, families with their houses crumbling down around them are the real chancers. Not the still operational quarry that simply folded the old company and kept on operating as if nothing happened.
AG & the government should fuck off
There has been a recent surge in people who have an engineer’s report recommending full demolish, being downgraded on review to a much lessor option. They can appeal, but the appeal board hasn’t been created yet…
It seems like intentional cruelty at the hands of senior civil servants have been stonewalling the redress scheme from the start.
I guess the value of these homeowners houses doesn’t matter.
I would imagine there would be a bit of abuse of a scheme like this. Its completely fine to point this out.
Headline should be former attorney general.
It isn’t because of lazy journalism and knowing people will think it’s Rossa Fanning when it’s actually Paul Gallagher being discussed in the article.