Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

I do not know how many companies like Gama Construction Ireland Limited are operating here but there is more than one. What lessons have the Department and the inspectors learned from the quashing of the inspector's report? The Supreme Court must follow its own path, over which the Department has no control. The Minister has control over the reasons the report was quashed and whether other reports will be written in such a way as to avoid the legal hazard that emerged from the High Court decision.

How does the Department feel about the actions taken by the Minister's predecessor in encouraging companies from third countries such as Turkey into the Irish market? Without wishing to prejudice the outcome of the case, it appears that this company entered into a very unusual contractual arrangement for payment with workers from the home country. Do we not have an obligation to ensure that any worker in our construction sector or any other sector is treated equally? Should lessons be learned by the Department in respect of the manner in which Gama Construction Ireland Limited entered the Irish economy? Is the Minister concerned by the continuing presence of Gama Construction Ireland Limited and the way in which it behaves?

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