Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is the plumber who puts the regulator on the tank. The gas company takes no interest in that; it is the tank. It will come and paint a tank and put a new sticker on it but the regulator, which has the potential to leak, can be leaking away for as long as it likes and the company does not seem to have any responsibility in that regard. This is where I believe there is a gap. We are talking about safety here. The tank in all likelihood is going to remain solid anyway but it is the connections around the regulator and such where issues arise. I am concerned that there is a gap there and I am not sure how that is going to be addressed. It has a potential risk. I wish to make the point that while this may just be for a domestic residence, based on where it is located within a development, it could impact on four, five or six houses, which all abut one another at the back. Is there a gap here from a safety perspective that we are missing?