Robert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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To some extent, she is being directed by the Office of Government Procurement also. It is a pity we do not have a picture from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform of whether money has been saved. Perhaps we can get one. I take on board fully Ms Gibson's remarks on the social consequences of this. Job losses must be taken into consideration as they are a cost to the State. There are also huge social costs. I will go back to it again. If a few of us do, maybe we can make more progress this time. I regret the fact that some small firms have closed as a result of this. Hopefully, we can turn things around a bit.