John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On behalf of the committee, I thank Mr. Himmer, Mr. Comyn, Mr. Burke, Mr. Nolan, Mr. Cooke and Mr. Cullen for attending and outlining their responses to this difficult situation. This is a major and ongoing issue. It is in the interests of the customers, dealers, Volkswagen and SIMI that this be addressed very quickly.

Mr. Himmer rightly stated loss of value and compensation had to be based on facts. It is important, when the facts are established, that the issues of compensation, the resale value and fleet owners about which we talked about are met upfront. There should only be winners in this regard. That includes customers, dealers and Volkswagen. I ask Mr. Himmer to inform the committee of developments as soon as possible.