Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I appeal to the agency to do something. Surely the witnesses can go and look at its contract with Woodvale. The best way to show empathy, which the witnesses said they would do, would be to ensure Woodvale engages with the subcontractors. It would be wrong to take advantage of subcontractors by benefitting from their work without paying them. The State and its legislators have an issue here which we need to address. We need to build on the work done by former Senator, Feargal Quinn, and to do it urgently. There is an opportunity for the State to lead by example and Mr. Cahillane is the person who needs to do that. He needs to revisit the contract with Woodvale to make sure there are no glitches down the road in the form of legal or insurance issues. He needs to tell Woodvale that, while it has engaged with some subcontractors and is going to pay them, it needs to engage with all of them. The NDFA needs to make this a condition of its contract with Woodvale. At the end of the day, the NDFA has to sign off on quality assurance matters. It can refuse to sign off without certification from the suppliers and the installers. That is what is in the law that was passed in these Houses.