Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)

We are told that various matters are being reviewed. Is it not the case, including in the matter of procurement, that what is needed, instead of round-table discussions, analyses, meetings and the provision of some training, is action? The Go-2-Tender programme has been in place for some years now, yet we remain seven times out of kilter with the European average on public tendering. Does the Minister of State agree it is past time to take this matter by the horns?

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