Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 May 2013

Public Accounts Committee

2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works

12:40 pm

Photo of Paul ConnaughtonPaul Connaughton (Galway East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

If the preferred bidder is the one able to supply the product much cheaper, is there a fear that a bigger player will undercut small and medium enterprises and remove them? Is it the case from day one in the process that this simply cannot happen? A large company can drop its prices and if the Government wants to save money, it can go to it and small and medium enterprises will be blown out of the water.

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