Mr. Ciar?n O'Connor:

On the issue the Cathaoirleach raised about fire, one of the problems, and I think Deputy Ó Broin mentioned it, that arose was that, while the plasterboard in the internal finish gets over the fire issue as the timber is behind the plasterboard, people were not using the right thickness of plasterboard. Part of that was just people taking shortcuts. It has to be installed at a certain thickness to meet that standard and someone has to ensure it is done that way. Those are the little things. The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage felt put upon by everyone complaining about the fire regulations, but it would reply that we must look at the 20% of builders who do not do their job very well.

That is what we have to look at. It is trying to get a balance between the high end of the market and perhaps the weaker end of the market.