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

I move amendment No. 19:

In page 12, line 30, to delete "7 working" and substitute "10 working".

This concerns the time available for a contractor to submit details. When we speak about the section, I will come back to the issue of the claim because there is still a problem with subsection (3)(a). We could argue about whether it should be seven working days or ten working days, but a period of ten working days would give the contractor two weeks. There is a bigger issue with the section and clarification would be helpful as to what would happen if the contractor did not comply with or fulfil the terms of this section of the legislation within the timeframe set down. How would the claim stand? Would it be void as a result of the law not being followed because this is part of the claims process? It would be good to have this clarified to see the significance of allowing ten working days as opposed to seven.