Michael Colreavy (Sligo-North Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We can quibble about the figure of 100,000 for the number of illegal installations since 2009. Even if the number is half of this figure and there have been 45 cases, there is something wrong with the picture. A magnifying glass is being placed on compliant registered installers and there is a dependence on members of the public knowing enough to ring the number to state the chap installing their boiler is not a registered contractor. Even if one takes the figure for illegal installations to be 50,000, although it has been suggested here credibly that the number is closer to 100,000, something is not working if there have only been 45 cases. The intention is good and the legislation is strong with regard to registered installers, but there is something wrong with the picture if we have tens of thousands of illegal installations and only 45 cases have been taken.