Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Ireland is an outlier with regard to the level of extra-state tendering. We win prizes for the level of tenders won in other European countries, compared to France and Germany in which a very small amount are won outside the state. We should not be happy to win that type of prize. We should be working really hard on the issue. It does not have to be a question of trying to protect Kildare. We have to protect every local community in the European Union by allowing for the fracturing of tender projects. It should never become inefficient or costly. Nobody is suggesting we want to create inefficiency or costliness. Where it is practical, it should always be done rigidly.