Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 27 September 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 pm
Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
No. Because this crisis was of such significance I wanted to park procurement law. I tested this with the Attorney General. I asked if I could suspend procurement law if we declared an emergency.
The answer was "No". The emergency had to be akin to a natural disaster.
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