Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The purpose of the levy from the Government's point of view is to try to broaden the base upon which it can get funding to pay for what we all agree is correct, namely, the rectification and remediation of the houses. That is the objective. The objective is to try to make what is referred to as the industry contribute to the cost of the solution. Leaving aside whether this scheme does that or not, what does Mr. Parlon think of the proposal by Government that the industry should pay or make a contribution towards this? When one looks at other sectors of life, there are many examples of compensation funds into which people who have not been negligent contribute but which funds are responsible for the payment of negligence by others. What is Mr. Parlon's view about the industry making a contribution?