Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The NDFA is creating a system that allows for certification without the input of the subcontractors. If I was the DIF, without morals, of course I would do what it is doing. That means it can shaft the business down the road for €750,000, or the security firm for €20,000, or the painting firm for €76,000, and so on, without any concern that, more than likely, many of these family businesses will go to the wall because the NDFA has created a system that allows for certification without their input. Do not allow that to happen.

Mr. Cahillane said he provided a summary of the legal opinion, which he did. It was a vague summary, in broad brush strokes, although I do not expect the detailed legal advice to be given to this committee. The witnesses made the point that this is a statutory code. We are the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach. Can the witnesses point to anything in the statutory code that allows for certification without any input from the subcontractors, where the subcontractors are available to give that input? In which section of the code is that contained?