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

How is the process going? People have contacted me because business was conducted in a particular way for many years and now the emphasis has changed and they feel they have been sidetracked by the process. We might obtain better value for money for several years, but it will not be good if a company which has supplied a school for 20 years goes out of business. I understand this is not within the OPW's remit, but while small and medium enterprises must understand the process and that they must be competitive, if a bigger player undercuts everyone else, why would the Government not give it the contract? My point concerns the damage this does.