Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)

It is being carried out at present. We are very conscious of the need to make it easier for small and medium-sized firms to tender.

There are some areas of Irish public procurement for which no Irish company can tender because they may not have expertise in the area, may not have the capacity or may not be producing the required product. This is the case in the medical, military and other specific areas.

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