Construction Contracts Bill
Mattie McGrath highlights employees and subcontractors left unpaid after a Kilkenny company’s collapse and seeks the promised legislation. The Taoiseach says the Construction Contracts Bill is awaiting Committee Stage, prompting disputes over its progress and relevance to the Order of Business.
People have been protesting regularly outside the Dáil, including today, because a major contract-----
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I refer to the Construction Contracts Bill. A company in Kilkenny, which was involved in a major project for a school, has disappeared, leaving high and dry hundreds of employees-----
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-----and dozens of subcontractors.
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It is in order. I refer to the subcontractors Bill, which has been promised for so long.
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The protestors were there because dozens of subcontractors have been left high and dry. When will the Bill be before the House?
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The Construction Contracts Bill is awaiting Committee Stage at the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform.
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Second Stage has already been passed.
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The Government messed up the whole thing.
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The Government should make the amendments and get it sorted.
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Deputy McGrath should not be trying to make a farce out of this process every single day.
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The Deputy knew the Bill is on Committee Stage. It is not a matter for the Order of Business.