Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There or thereabouts. One of the bidders was BAM, Dragados was another and FCC Construccion was a third. It was reported in July that the latter two had been caught colluding in Spain. I am not alleging that there has been collusion in Ireland, but there are substantial opportunities for companies internationally. What I am saying to Mr. Moloney, as the Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, is that we are signing multimillion euro public contracts - in some cases, they are worth billions of euro - when there are issues arising internationally to which the State, the Department and our committee need to be alert. Has Mr. Moloney any concern that there has been price rigging on public contracts? I do not mean the contracts I mentioned, but public contracts in general. Has Mr. Moloney encountered anything?