Feargal Quinn (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the speakers. They were very interesting and covered a wide range of issues. They did not touch on upward only rent reviews. I know that 13 trade associations got together recently to call on the Government to pass that legislation which has already gone through the Seanad. What is the witnesses’ view of it? Do they support the move to abolish it?

I have a problem with the case being made for public procurement because some people I know who worked on Government agencies were stunned to discover the amount individual State organisations were paying. As an example, hospitals were each buying from their local sources. They were supporting jobs there but were paying a multiple of what could be paid if they bought centrally. There seems to be a difficulty in that area.

Can the witnesses tell us anything they know about the scheme to incentivise development in the city, in Cleveland, Ohio?