Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We need to be honest about what we are saying. Deputy McDonald reminded me about what I undertook. It is always good to read what one said about a year and a half ago. It is always good to put it on the record - she might do it herself the odd time. At the time we looked at the question of bespoke items. We have looked at this question and it is difficult. We need to make a distinction, as I did on that occasion, between something that is designed for a specific purpose, as Deputy Donnelly set out, and something that might be described as irretrievable after its installation. Concrete is irretrievable once it is put into a building. Between now and Report Stage the invitation is there to sit down with my officials and go through the issue.

We have examined it very closely but we have not yet found a solution. Perhaps the additional brains in the committee might help between now and then, in the general air of co-operation I have tried to advance.