Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 11 December 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Eligibility of Small Firms in Tendering for Capital Projects: Discussion with Office of Public Works

2:20 pm

Mr. Jim O'Sullivan:

No, it is not part of ours. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has very detailed guidance on the appropriate thresholds and most individual organisations would have training sessions for their individual staff on going through those guidance documents and stressing the issue of appropriate thresholds. Turnover and the like are indicative of people's capacity to do work. The insurance levels in the example the Deputy mentioned appear to be high. There is guidance on all those thresholds.