Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We are dealing with the collapse of Carillion and the collapse of Sammon. We are now dealing with schools that have not opened. We all want those schools finished. We want our children in those schools. We want the teachers in those schools. We want the schools to be a safe environment, with the subcontractors signing off on them and being paid for the work that they did.

Let me talk about schools that have been opened. I have written to Mr. Cahillane. I presume he saw my letter of 16 July on the Portlaoise projects. Portlaoise schools are open. Can he tell me who certified lifesaving equipment in that school? Who certified the gas detection system? Who certified the ventilation system? Who certified the fire dampers system? This is another Sammon school where the subcontractor has been shafted. No certification was given for those life-saving measures. I want a direct answer here. There have been hundreds of children in these schools without fire certification or without gas detection certification from the installer. This is crucial. I expected a response back from the NDFA before this committee sat. There is a full list of certifications that was not provided. Was the same thing done with the Portlaoise project as it is now proposed will be done with this bundle, bundle five?