Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The problem is really with the timescale from when tenders are received to when the contract is awarded to the tenderer the Department deems appropriate to undertake the job. Has this aspect been examined in respect of determining whether it can be expedited to secure progress and move these projects forward? I know of other projects, not involving this Department, where there was such a delay in accepting the tender that the company awarded it walked off the site and said it was not possible to undertake the project. The delay was such that it looks now like that project will have to go back out to a public invitation to seek new tenders to undertake the work.