Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I asked earlier in the very limited time available at the end of Deputy O'Callaghan's slot how Ms Timmons would know if there was a claim and she replied that if there is a claim, she has to notify the Minister. However, if there is a subrogation clause, there is no incentive for people to take legal advice. Legal advice is not free and costs money. Why would somebody go to a solicitor, say the person has pyrite and ask if there is a realistic prospect of a claim if there is a subrogation clause? Realistically, people are not going to do that. Essentially, what the Department is doing is transferring the risk that all those quarries have of being sued onto the Exchequer. Ms Timmons can correct me if I am wrong, and I invite her to tell me that there will be a mechanism in place to see, in respect of the individual persons who receive a grant, if there is a case that can be taken on their behalf against the quarries.