John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We will seek legal advice from services here. While we are making no commitment except that we will do our best within our remit to satisfy the subcontractors because that is as much as we can do today, we will not let them down. Deputy Deering asked about the way to resolve this.

The way to resolve this is simple. It is to apply a bit of common sense to the work that was done and to acknowledge it. The Government should set aside a sum to pay the contractors. It is €14 million out of a spend in excess of €5.5 billion. As such, it is a small amount of money by comparison to what is being spent, but it is a significant amount to the contractors. We will be pursuing that course also.