Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In the case of the 15 schools, if I were to lose my seat and set up as a subcontractor, would the State guarantee payment to me in the event that the principal contractor on a project managed by the Office of Public Works went bust owing me money? In such circumstances, I would have paid my suppliers and workers and carried out work or installed equipment in the building. I would be then left at a loss because the main contractor went bust and failed to pay me, despite the building having been handed over to the OPW.