Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The certification will not change. The certification is provided on the basis of the work and the standard that existed at the time. The problem is the mortgageability of the houses in a future event and we all know around this room that the standards are about to change. By the time that somebody comes in, for example were Deputy Durkan to come in to buy that house in Donegal that has been remediated on the outer block, those standards will have changed. He will have a certification and will go to the bank, whether Bank of Ireland or AIB, which will say, "but that was an old standard. There has been a four-year review and they are now saying X, Y and Z."