Dr. Martina Cleary:

I am very conscious of who the supplier is in our area; it is the same supplier for Limerick. Even now, the Housing Agency has admitted it is testing in Tipperary. That is no surprise. We are talking about the largest supplier of building products in the State. It is the largest company in the State. It is the third largest company in the world. It has annual profits that run to €6.4 billion. The last deal it did in America was worth $35 billion. We have a scheme here that is the biggest in the State, coming in at €2.7 billion, €3 billion or whatever. It is us who are paying for it.

I am a taxpayer. As a single female in this State, I pay huge amounts of tax for very little. Now, I have lost my home. I am being asked to pay for my home again out of taxes. There were some very insulting comments made by senior politicians about us causing general taxpayer bills for the State. That is grossly offensive. It is also grossly offensive that the only people who can be sued or litigated against in any way are the homeowners. There needs to be a full public inquiry. Aidan O'Connell, one of the leading experts in pyrite in the country, said at one of the meetings here that he knows at least 13 counties are impacted. That is half of the Republic of Ireland. If there is a massive multibillion euro company that is allegedly responsible for this, why is it being let off the hook?