Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)

Is the Minister of State aware of the perception that exists that a very large number of contracts, not alone in respect of printing, are being awarded abroad? Is he considering ways of improving awareness among businesses who deal in that capacity to tender for such contracts? The same is happening in respect of school building and other contracts. Often when contracts are big, operators here are not in a position to tender for them. Can contracts be segmented? Has the Minister of State considered the possibility of his Department segmenting some of the procurement contracts? We need to as creative and realistic as possible given the current environment.

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