Data being collected on MICA homes in Derry and Strabane
The Full Council meeting recently voted in favour of a Notice of Motion calling on Council to “recognise the ongoing problem regarding MICA"
Derry City and Strabane District Council has embarked on a data collection exercise to determine the number of residents whose properties in the area have MICA.
The MICA scandal has been well documented in the Republic of Ireland with thousands of homes in neighbouring Donegal, Mayo and Sligo thought to have been built using defective blocks that are crumbling due to high levels of the mineral MICA.
The Council has been urged to assist by quantifying the number of residents whose homes are affected and to “explore the need to further expand governmental compensation schemes to include residents in our city and district.”
Council has issued a public call to property owners who have evidence that their residence/dwelling has been impacted by MICA, as certified by an authorised MICA testing organisation, to get in contact with them so they can add their details to the database.
The purpose of the exercise is to collate data only as the Council cannot carry out any form of MICA testing on any property within the city and district.
Property owners are urged to get in touch by sending their name, details of the affected property and contact number, along with a copy of Certified testing/documented evidence to prove your property has been impacted by MICA to the following email address - mica@derrystrabane.com
The information will be collated and presented to a further meeting of the Council’s Environment and Regeneration Committee for elected members to review and consider going forward.
The Council has also written to the Department for Communities with regards to compensation and engagement with the Irish Government in relation to this issue.
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