David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his response. Form S198 from the Department is very comprehensive and contains registered electrical contractor details, as the Minister outlined. This is the SEAI form. It is basically the same, but not exactly the same because it does not contain those details. There is no way of checking whether the person who filled out the form is an approved Safe Electric Ireland installer. If a person has been taken off the Safe Electric Ireland list, there does not seem to be any way of checking that. In addition, the Department of Agriculture has one list of companies and installers. However, SEAI has two lists, one list for companies and a separate list for installers. There are huge anomalies here. Will the Minister explain why his Department accepted applications that did not come in the shape of the official S198 forms? More than half of them were for TAMS 2. The number is 129 of 236 paid. This is very serious. I ask the Minister to set up an inquiry into it as a matter of urgency.

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