Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform

Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee Stage

3:40 pm

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent) | Oireachtas source

That is very welcome. My understanding is that if one is building something that is less than 200 sq. ft. or 2,000 sq. ft. in old money, one does not have access to the adjudication process which is hugely useful, arguably more so in the case of the small stuff because at the larger scale there are fewer barriers to expensive arbitration. Perhaps it might be taken out.

The figure given to me was that 40 sq. m would be better but it seems that if one is building less than whatever that is - 2,100 sq. ft. - which is most houses, adjudication is exactly what one should be getting access to.

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