Ms Derville Rowland:

These are legal issues involving litigation-style thinking. What we can say definitely is that it is precisely because the contamination of homes by pyrite was not foreseen that a State scheme has been put in place to support the owners and help them. It is obvious that this problem should not have arisen. It was due to the building materials used and it was not detected. Therefore, the State has moved in to support the families, and I am glad of that.