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

The long and the short of the discussions we are having here, and I would imagine everybody is on the same page, concerns how to get the subcontractors the money they are owed. That is the question. As a committee, we would not want to give some subcontractors leaving here today a false sense of security that they are going to get paid in a week's or a month's time. This committee must work out how best to get the money for them as quickly as possible. We could bring the NDFA back next week or we could bring in the Minister or this person or that person but that is only an engagement with a process. How to get them the money they are owed is the question. Does it require a legal process? That is the question I will be asking. As Deputy Burton mentioned earlier on, do we require legal advice? Is that the only road that can be travelled to secure the money they are owed?