John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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While my question for Mr. O'Mahony and his officials may not be appropriate to the Department, I need to ask it. It is similar to the question asked by Deputy Sean Fleming. On the roads contract for the R158, which cost €43 million and was under construction from 2004 until 2008, it has been alleged that a considerable amount of waste from the project - 56,000 tonnes - was dumped illegally on private lands. The matter either has been before the courts or is at some stage in the legal process. Who assumes responsibility for this matter? In other words, who follows the contract in terms of remediating the land or fixing the problem? Is it the Department, the National Roads Authority or the contract? Who polices the issue? Mr. O'Mahony informed Deputy Fleming that the NRA employs a separate company to deal with issues relating to social welfare and so forth. I am trying to establish who is responsible when an issue arises regarding how a subcontractor may have behaved in this type of contract.

Who looks after this type of contract where there is an issue about how the subcontractor may have behaved?