Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 March 2015

Public Accounts Committee

Procurement Issues: Small Firms Association and Irish Schools Arts Supply Federation

10:00 am

Ms Breda Gibson:

We sat at a table last week with Senator Darragh O'Brien. Among us there were 280 companies. It is another small sector comprising people involved in paper. This is widespread. The candlestick maker, baker and vegetable supplier are all affected. When we use the term "microbusiness", we mean every business on every high street in Ireland. That is our problem.