Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As part of its preparation for today’s meeting, the committee received a document entitled, Public Tendering Practices and their Impact on Delivering Value in the Construction Sector. A worrying issue for me and other members of the committee is that since 2009 the number of members of the Civil Engineering Contractors Association has fallen from 138 to 77. Another recent development, to cite the foreword to the report by Mr. John G. Murphy, the association president, refers to many of these contractors "disproportionately increasing their turnover in foreign markets.” Does Ms Brogan believe this will have an impact on the national development plan?