Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left) | Oireachtas source

This question follows on from points made by Deputies Wallace and McDonald earlier about the procurement process. The Government spends billions annually on goods and services and in capital expenditure. I note the Minister said in response to the other Deputies that he is aware there are problems and that he is working on the issues, but that will be too late for many small businesses because of the bias that exists currently towards big business. What assessment has the Minister carried out to look at the scale of this?

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