Rose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is important to state we have provided solutions today as to how this can be done in a different way. The model that has been in use is flawed and it has had an impact. This shows the usefulness of this committee.

To protect subcontractors in the future, can it not be legislated that the State will insist on the main contractor taking out a bond to protect subcontractors and ensure, in the event of the main contractor going into liquidation, that the contractors are paid? Can it be legislated for?