Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have a couple of other questions, but I will ask one final question on this subject. In the context of building faults that emerge after the event and it falls to the Government to us Exchequer funding to remedy them, apropos of nothing but apropos of everything, I am interested in those that did not have faults, those whose construction was in keeping with the best possible standards and where no liability landed on the State afterwards. How do we proceed in that regard in terms of equality of treatment? For example, what if I were involved in large construction contracts and decided that I was going to cut corners all over the place and avoid my responsibilities - and insurance companies avoided their responsibilities - despite the fact that legislation is in place in that regard? The Building Control Act was supposed to carry with it responsibilities for insurance companies, professionals, local authorities and everybody else. Obviously, none of those responsibilities was shouldered. If they had been, the State would not have had to dip its hand into its pocket. It was a very urgent cause.