Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is not; what I am putting to Mr. Cahillane is not for the taxpayer to do that at all. The Dutch Infrastructure Fund, DIF, which is funding this project, needs to be told that the only way the NDFA can certify the works done on these schools is by the subcontractors certifying their work, as laid down in the statutory code. It is up to them to engage the subcontractors and find a way. Obviously, from the point of view of a subcontractor, that will mean: "First of all, would you pay us for the works and then we'll certify them?"