Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 January 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Operations and Functions: Office of Government Procurement

2:30 pm

Photo of Aideen HaydenAideen Hayden (Labour)
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On that point, not everybody applying is a professional firm. Deputy McDonald made the point about micro-businesses. We are trying to put the economy back on its feet and encourage people into business. Not all of the tenders will be from large professional firms that would have standing insurance in place but might, for the sake of argument, be from people who are trying to set up a business.