Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied). [39252/19]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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I refer to your correspondence in relation to a payment issue for works completed by your company. A building project is a complex arrangement of contractual relationships between the client, the main contractor, specialist sub-contractors, domestic sub-contractors, suppliers of materials, suppliers of plant etc. In general, all sub-contractors employed on education sector building projects are employed directly by the main contractor or indirectly by the main contractor through other subcontractors.

It is a matter for all sub-contractors to agree terms and conditions and a schedule of payments with the main contractor as their direct employer. The specific issue outlined in the details provided by the Deputy involves a contractual matter between two private companies. As such, my Department has no authority to intervene in this matter