Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I understand that. That is where the mess is in all of this. There is a liquidation process and then there is a construction process which is still under way in respect of these three schools currently and which will commence in respect of others later on. Surely we can develop some type of process which would allow the contractor to engage with the subcontractors and which would ensure that, through whatever legal agreement is entered into, they would be paid and that they could not claim on the double. Any claim they made of the liquidator would be counted towards them if it was in excess of the original contract price. I do not think any subbie is sitting out there wanting to benefit from this mess. That is not what they want to do; they want to keep their businesses in operation, to keep on the people they have employed, and to ensure that they can sign off on works of which they are genuinely proud. There is absolutely no suggestion that any of these works are defective but there is a suggestion that it may not be possible to insure certain products in the school. There is a suggestion that they will not be covered by the insurance because insurance is only provided to specialised manufacturers and specialised installers. Unless that installer or manufacturer is willing to sign off on it, no inspector sign-off will suffice for insurance on a floor product. That is a very serious issue. Mr. O'Neill says that it is happening but that it is not a condition that it happens. Why is it not a condition that it happens?