Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)

The major economies – Italy, Germany, France and Spain - are all lower than that. It is a scandal at a time of severe economic recession that so much public funding is going abroad. We have seen how Balfour Beatty won the Bord Gáis contract. Will the same thing happen with the children's hospital? The time for talking is over. Will the Minister of State set targets for the agencies under his remit for public procurement delivery within the State?

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