Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I have had extensive consultation on this matter with all of the stakeholders. As Deputy Harrington knows, whether we have best practise and high standards and if any acknowledgement will be given for this by way of insurance premium will be determined by the market. It will not be up to the regulator, the Department or myself to say that if everything is brought up to par the insurance industry should provide a discount. The market should be able to deal with that. The comfort for the insurance sector is that best standards apply and the risk of fire damage originating because of defective work carried out on fuse boxes will be greatly mitigated.