Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I do not accept that. I sit on the Committee of Public Accounts and one of the consistent findings in most of the Comptroller and Auditor General's reports concerns the failure to comply with public procurement law. It happens across all Departments where there is a failure in certain cases to comply with public procurement law. I see nothing in the Bill that it should be subject to public competition, contradicting existing procurement law. I do not see why there is that contradiction. Therefore, we will not be supporting the amendment.