Mr. Paul Quinn:

It is important that small and medium enterprises participate in the process. As my colleagues have indicated, many small and medium enterprises are registered and aware of the competitions. We work with Enterprise Ireland and various industry bodies to ensure small and medium enterprises recognise this is a challenge and that being competitive in a marketplace in which the Government is looking more holistically for value means they must change how they operate to deliver such value for the State. I am confident that small and medium enterprises can do this. Many small and medium enterprises operate with lower overheads and are more nimble than larger organisations. There are balances which enable small and medium enterprises to participate, but they need to recognise the frameworks, how little is centralised and to where we are trying to get. The industry must change in response to this. That is what we are communicating to industry.