Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

As somebody who has been so involved with building defects, I will labour the point. We now have a €5 billion bill for building defects, both defective blocks and houses, apartments and duplexes. We have had good building control standards over the years. There is a legal obligation for people to comply and there is a mechanism if they do not comply to take them to court but it is such a long, cumbersome and expensive process that it virtually never happens. There are opportunities for us here. We want this legislation to be the strongest and most robust possible. I emphasise that not for further comment but as something that we will look at carefully when the legislation is before us. I am sorry for cutting across Mr. Cronin.