Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)

It is expected that only a minority of systems inspected will require remediation, upgrade or replacement. I have said at all times that once the inspections are carried out on a risk-based basis we will establish whether there is financial hardship and we will then be able to assist people. However, I will not buy a pig in a poke, we have had enough of that in the past with blank cheques being written by Fianna Fáil. I will not go down that road. That is the reason the country is in the present state.