Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)

I refer to tenders that must be advertised on an EU-wide basis. If jobs are placed in jeopardy by awarding such tenders abroad, is the Taoiseach allowed to invoke that clause? I will draw a simple example. The PAYE tax booklet, which involved a relatively small contract, was awarded to a printer outside the State. However, had the Irish and English versions been grouped together, it is possible that it would not have attracted tenders from outside the State. While I do not suggest this necessarily would have been the case, the Irish version of that booklet was printed here and the English version——

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