CAMCAS restructured calls halt to home repairs

A not-for-profit company that provided social housing repairs and insulation for older people and those with disabilities in counties Cavan and Monaghan will cease providing those services from today (Friday), September 29, writes Thomas Lyons.

The move follows the restructuring of CAMCAS (Cavan and Monaghan Community Area Services), based at Daisy Hill, Ballyconnell. In a statement Ann McCarren, the CAMCAS centre manager, said: “CAMCAS CLG have restructured and will cease the ‘House Repair, Adaptation & Insulation’ aspects of the business as from Friday September 29, 2017. The company will concentrate going forward on the community and gardening project based at the CAMCAS centre.”

Last May the company placed 23 staff on a seven-week lay-off amid concerns over future funding. CAMCAS is supported by funding from POBAL through the Department of Social Protection for payroll costs. At the CAMCAS Ballyconnell site, the company operates an administration office, as well as allotments, community garden, sensory garden and a Men's Shed set within the 1.5 acre grounds.