Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

If I have to, I will impose it on them. I will know in the next few days if their bona fides are sound. I agree with the Deputy they have not shown it up to now. I am prepared to give it another couple of days.

The pyrite resolution board will be established in the next few days. It will be the oversight and supervisory authority on behalf of the consumer. It will deal with issues like the test. We have asked the standards authority to devise a test that will be robust in the event of any legal action taken in the future and a protocol to determine whether there is pyrite in a result.

The question of upfront money and getting on with the job as quickly as we can are the crucial points. It will take the mandatory levy some time to accrue some moneys into its fund. That is why I have made some progress with the financial institutions to provide some money for the pot to get it up and running while the levy is accruing, if we ultimately have to go down that road.