Ms Josephine Feehily:

We can certainly look at that suggestion, but we are actually going one better. Once we have built the IT system, the householder will be able to look at a contractor's tax status in real time. There will be a look-in facility available once the system is up and running. We are very mindful of the consumer side and trying our best in that regard. The other piece of the jigsaw is the plan by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government to set up a register of contractors. I believe it was announced recently and we are certainly keeping in touch with that discussion. We would like to leverage other protections in the system and build them into the scheme. If there is a register that is approved in some way, we will be happy to add it as a condition.