Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North-West, Fianna Fail)

If we make the comparison with the charity sector, proper regulation was not put in place in some charities and it resulted, to our detriment, in genuine organisations being mired in all sorts of difficulties. The quicker we move on this, the better.

I am taken by Mr. Lambe's suggestion that in order for people to get significant amounts of money through the apartment defects scheme, they should be registered and regulated. The onus is then on the Government to have that established before the distribution of funds is made.