Dáil debates
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
Public Procurement Contracts
3:00 pm
Deirdre Clune (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
The Minister of State used the word "guidelines" a number of times and said there has not been a review. I think the review will point to the fact that Irish SMEs are not accessing public procurement contracts or orders. For example, 17% of Irish public contracts go overseas while the average for other European countries is 1.5%. Why is that?
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