Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 9:

In page 10, line 35, after “contractor” to insert “or a number of qualifying contractors”.

The wording in the Bill only mentions "contractor", so does not allow for multiple works to be carried out. The Minister referenced multiple works earlier on, and I gave the example where somebody could employ a qualifying contractor to put in a stair lift and then have a different contractor to build the extension out the back, and have a plumber qualifying contractor to do the shower. The total sum of all three pieces of work could be in excess of €5,000, so the entirety would be eligible but each individual contract would be ineligible because it did not reach the threshold. This allows for multiple contractors, instead of "contractor".