Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)

Given its large capital projects portfolio, my Department welcomes the planned reform of public sector contract procurement. My Department has for some time applied fixed price contracting to projects in the fishery harbour and broadband programmes. Despite the criticisms currently being levelled at this methodology, the projects have worked well from the point of view of the Department, the taxpayers and the companies. Because of a lack of experience and probably an over-riding need for easy headlines, the Opposition may misuse——

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