Ms Sheenagh Rooney:

RGII is not responsible for the illegal element. That is a responsibility for the CER. RGII is responsible for running the scheme of the registered gas installers and disciplining those installers, if necessary, as well as keeping a register, training, and audits and inspections of the registered part.

Regarding the survey conducted by Dermott Jewell, we followed up on that and we tried to replicate the methodology he used by contacting all the merchants ourselves and trying to see how we could verify his figure. However, we were unable to arrive at a figure that was close to his figure. In saying that, however, we must acknowledge that there is illegal activity. We are committed to addressing that illegal activity. It is a shortcoming that we do not know the extent of it, but we will continue to do whatever we can, with both the association and others, to arrive at a true picture of the amount of illegal activity taking place.