Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister and I accept that. I have been told by workers that they do not want their names mentioned. One can understand that because they appreciate the work when they get it. There should be an inspection mechanism across the public service to ensure on-site inspections of capital projects by the Department of Social Protection. Workers have reported some of these sites and sometimes the contractors have been fined two years after the contract is completed, but a fat lot of good that is as workers have lost their jobs in the meantime for protesting at the gate that they could not get legitimate work. This is an ongoing issue. There should be inspections of the PRSI record of every worker on every major State contract.

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