Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail)

Since Senator Quinn initiated this Bill a number of very significant high-profile contractors have gone into receivership and liquidation, leaving a trail of woe among many people across the country, many being small business people who did not take risks but did their work, bought the various supplies to be able to undertake their part of the subcontract and were caught, not only for the income to cover their labour content but for the materials which they inputted into those contracts. That is unjust and is not in the interest of this economy or of the construction industry. We should clearly say this. I compliment Senator Quinn who has pioneered this Bill and done an enormous amount of work on it. It needs to be driven in the Lower House as a real priority.