Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

My understanding is that any expense involved in rectifying the building will be the expense of the PPP company, the supplier. As the Chairman has said, that is what one would expect a contract negotiator to achieve, namely, that where there are defects, they will be rectified by the supplier. It has happened in other PPPs, not necessarily in this jurisdiction. I am aware of significant difficulties with school contracts in Edinburgh, where the gable wall of a building fell down and a number of schools were closed. One of the key issues about getting value in PPPs lies in ensuring that risks are carried by the private sector supplier.