Mr. Aidan O'Connell:

I do not mind. It is a difficult subject. What I do know is that in the areas that are very much under the microscope, namely, counties Donegal, Mayo, Dublin, Louth, Limerick and a few other counties, there is a large emphasis on the quarries to comply with the new regulations in terms of the maximum levels of total sulphur and mica etc. that are allowable within the aggregates that are now used in concrete and concrete blocks. The National Standards Authority of Ireland, NSAI, has done a substantial amount of work in upgrading those standards, in particular, say, the aggregates committee. But, as I said or intimated earlier, I do know certain quarries that are still producing concrete blocks and material that is wholly unsatisfactory and they continue to do it knowing that material is still wholly unsatisfactory. I believe that some TDs and other public personnel do know that themselves and I would encourage them to try to use any of their authority to get it stopped. It is only a few bad apples that are still out there. Generally, I would say the industry has improved.