Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am open to correction but my understanding is that PPPs are excluded from the legislation. If that is the situation it must be addressed going forward given the current situation and the fact that other situations could arise and it is very important to plan for them.

Ms Kelly mentioned that Sammon had a bad name for many years and everybody knows about that. There could be another Sammon in the future and we must be able to plan for that. We should investigate whether the legislation needs to be strengthened to ensure that in future subcontractors would be looked after, in addition to the short-term measure we are discussing.