Peter Mathews (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The objective of Deputy Fleming's amendment is worthy. There is a danger, however, that it could enable a contractor’s competition to effectively put him out of business if there had been, say, a delicacy in his financial affairs. A delay in a recent contract could have been caused by a loss-making contract, just a bump. A competitor could exploit that bump within the 28 days’ notice period. We need to be careful about that.

Deputy Creed has also put his finger on the problem of tenders. It is about qualified and experienced personnel judging the delivery capacities in a contract which is mainly quantity surveyor territory.