Mr. David Corrigan:

That is not something that I can give a definitive answer to until I would take it away and talk to the Office of Government Procurement and the Department of Education and Skills. Over the past couple of weeks our concern is meeting with subcontractors without something constructive to say, or to give any suggestion that there is something for the State to do to remedy their situation. The NDFA's position under the PPP contract, which is what we are mandated to run with the PPP company, has no flexibility in that regard. We have been clear on that and the Minister, Deputy Bruton, spoke of this last week and explained the point about the State having to pay twice, notwithstanding that this is of little value to these subcontractors here this morning. The State will be paying and the PPP-co-entity has paid, but the subcontractors have not been paid.