Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome our guests to the committee. I only have a couple of questions because previous speakers have gone through a lot and been quite thorough. I appreciate the witnesses' responses. Perhaps they could talk about lowballing or abnormally low tenders. They will be aware that my party introduced legislation, the Regulation of Tenderers Bill, which sought to regulate abnormally low tenders using a method similar to the one used in the North to disqualify lowball bids, which often escalate as works proceed. Unfortunately, there are a number of classic examples of that in the State at present. Perhaps the OGP would provide its view of the incidence and effects of lowballing in public procurement contracts?