DUP MP writes to Taoiseach over exclusion of holiday homes from redress scheme

DUP MP Gregory Campbell has written to Taoiseach Micheal Martin over concerns around the exclusion of Northern Irish holiday home owners from the Mica redress scheme.

The revised scheme announced this week does not offer redress for holiday homes while rental properties will only be covered if they were registered with the RTB by November 1st.

Gregory Campbell says it would be ironic for the Irish Government to use the border as a reasonable excuse for the exclusion of affected homes owned by people whose primary residence is in Northern Ireland.

He told Greg Hughes today that there are serious anomalies in the scheme’s criteria:

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