Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

What is probably the most significant insurer at the moment has indicated its continued participation in the market. There is support for the report by the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan. The fire risk is significant; there is no question about it. To the extent that this risk can be mitigated, a thatched-roof property with radiators is very different from a thatched building with a stove or open fires. The fire risk there is fundamentally different. That will be the same whether it is in Ireland, Denmark, the UK or anywhere else. To the extent that the fire risk is mitigated, the insurer has advised me that it will have a better and more detailed conversation. The question is what mitigations owners of thatched cottages make. They are then open to further insurance. I do not want to step across the detail of the work done by the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan.