Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

In the 2011 programme for Government, the Government promised to reform public procurement to become a tool to support innovative Irish firms and allow greater access to Irish small and medium-sized businesses. I accept that the establishment of the Office of Government Procurement and the first chief procurement officer in 2013 was a positive step. Does the Minister not think that much more needs to be done for smaller indigenous Irish companies than is happening at present?

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