Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

I know that. I am responding to the points the Minister made about the traffic light system and the amber category. As a result of the pyrite panel, we have homes which were being remediated by Premier Insurance but are not anymore because they are in the amber category. Those properties are not displaying enough proof of pyrite and are connected to timber framing. That is a negative outcome from the pyrite panel. What is the Department doing to address that?

The Minister referred to five quarries being affected but seven were mentioned by the pyrite panel. Will he elaborate on this? What is the Minister proposing to do with HomeBond? It had €25 million in the kitty prior to being covered by Allianz and becoming a proper insurance scheme. Those moneys will not be drawn upon by anything other than pyrite. What steps has the Minister taken to sequester that €25 million to be used as part of an immediate upfront fund to get the pyrite matter resolved? What is his adjudication on the property tax and whether pyrite-affected houses will be exempted? Can he give us a bit more substance with regard to the testing protocol?