Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am aware Woodvale has reached out to a number of the subcontractors. I am also aware that there are a number of the subcontractors who have no relationship with Woodvale at this point in time. The system the State has put together has left it at the mercy of a contractor to decide whether it wants to reach out to the subcontractor. Those whom they have reached to will obviously get paid, while those who have not been reached out to may have to go into liquidation, close their business, let people go and they may have to deal with losses that are quite excessive.

Do we not have a building control amendment regulations, BCAR, system? Do we not have a Building Control Act? If it was the case that the independent assessor signed off on this, then there would be no requirement for the individual subcontractors to sign off and certify their works done to the appropriate standard? Is it not the case that we have both, that we need an independent assessor and that there are subcontractors certifying their works? That is a requirement under the Act.

Is it not the case that we have both? We need an independent assessor and the subcontractors are certifying their works. That is a requirement under the Act.