Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Okay, that is clear.

I wish to probe a bit around the role and responsibility of the main providers. To focus on the domestic aspect, there are people, myself included, who have an LPG tank at the back of the house. I live in a housing estate and there is a cluster of four or five houses that are in close proximity to my tank. I have concerns with the model one deals with whereby either of the two operators will lease a person a tank but they do not seem to take responsibility if an issue arises. Ms Joyce mentioned that there is a certain responsibility on the drivers to do certain things but what level of auditing does the CRU do on the work of those operators?

For example, I had to change a boiler last year and when the installer came to change it, he discovered that the regulators were well beyond their natural life and there was leakage. They had significantly depleted over time to the extent that the installer was not able to proceed until the regulators were changed. I have no interaction with my heating system other than pressing the button and hoping that it is on when I get home. That is it. I believe there are a lot of people in that space. However, if someone comes and delivers a tank, it is expected that as part of that, basic checks are carried out on the technology and the kit that is actually on the tank. For sure, issues happen and burst pipes occur over time but I wonder what level of scrutiny the CRU provides in auditing that work.