Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It was an eye-opener for me and a disappointment that there were not more people interested in the report, but perhaps the Deputy was not aware of that before now.

The Deputy has asked me to provide details of a scheme on which I have not come to any conclusions yet, because I am waiting for stakeholders to come back to me. Therefore, I will not provide details here. The NSAI and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton, have that responsibility and, to be fair, the Minister responded immediately by setting up the process whereby the NSAI could generate a standardised test so that we can know once and for all whether there is pyrite.

The property tax is a matter for the Minister for Finance. I have submitted a report to him for consideration in the context of the budget and the issue mentioned by the Deputy concerning the recommendation in the report can be considered in that context.

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