Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)

It is interesting the Minister of State, Deputy Killeen, is now responsible for answering questions about radon. This time last year, the former Minister, Deputy Roche, would have responded to a question about the matter. When the Green Party was in opposition, it joined the Labour Party in calling for the introduction of radon remediation grants. The answer that has just been given by the Minister of State is almost exactly the same as the response given by the former Minister, Deputy Roche, in June 2006. Given that it has had a policy of introducing a radon remediation grant scheme similar to that introduced by Deputy Stagg of the Labour Party some years ago, has the Green Party engaged in any negotiations about this issue with Fianna Fáil? Deputy Cuffe of the Green Party said a couple of years ago that "there is a moral imperative on the Government to assist those living in homes with high levels of radon". He called for the reintroduction of radon remediation grants. What is the current position? Will the Government reintroduce the grant scheme I have mentioned?

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