Sir, – Cian Carlin (Letters, June 17th) says I have a “sense of entitlement” in wanting the State to fully repair my home which is affected by mica and other deleterious materials. He is right. I am entitled to have the State repair my house which is now worthless due to the government’s failure to regulate the concrete industry.
Mr Carlin describes me as being in the “wealthier cohort”. How can I be wealthy if my property is worth nothing and yet I have 10 years remaining on my mortgage? Like all others, the property has been insured since day one but I am unaware of a single householder in any of the affected counties (including Co Louth, of which Mr Carlin is a resident) receiving a cent from any insurance company in respect of defective concrete blocks. I don’t want the taxpayer to fund the repairs. I want those responsible to pay, but the Government’s lack of action in this regard suggests they are not as innocent in this scandal as they might want Mr Carlin and others to believe. – Yours, etc,
JAMES BEARD,
Buncrana,
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