Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am aware, as is probably every member, from talking to people that small businesses in particular are convinced that bid rigging is a huge issue and a major cost to the taxpayer. Obviously, there is a real need to tackle bid rigging if one considers it is going on to the extent that Ms Goggin referred to as "hard core". Will these powers mean the CCPC will be able to go after that which is not necessarily appropriate to the criminal route but would still be of great concern and interest to taxpayers and small businesses? I refer to the area that is less than hard core. Is it a big issue? Would Ms Goggin be confident she would be able to tackle it with the enactment of this legislation or would she need additional resources?