Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I hear what the Minister of State is saying. We all have a considerable amount of material on this legislation, which affects people's livelihoods, with people going out of business if they are not paid for work. We have letters from the Irish Concrete Federation, the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association, and several other bodies, indicating their preference to have bespoke materials included. Was the industry aware before we became aware that our amendments on the bespoke issue would be ruled out of order? Was that generally known in the industry or was it news today?

The Minister of State has suggested that if we can come up with a more refined and specific wording-----