Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I think we all understand the plight of people whose homes are affected by pyrite. All sides of this House have moved to remediate the situation. We have introduced amending legislation to do so. The Revenue administers it. I know the Deputy is a new Member but there are dedicated helplines for Deputies to Revenue, which she probably knows. One can take up any individual case through that helpline and one is not deemed to be interfering with the Revenue or anything like that.

However, I will take a look at the information that the Deputy has brought to my attention, I will transmit it to Revenue and I will see if anything can be done. The crux, according to the reply here, seems to be that the remediation of the homes took place before LPT was part of the tax code. There is a problem of matching an exemption from a tax for expenses incurred before the tax occurred. I do not know whether the Revenue has sufficient flexibility to deal with that anomaly but I will inquire in that regard on the Deputy's behalf.

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