Dáil debates
Tuesday, 19 January 2016
Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions
Office of Government Procurement
2:45 pm
Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source
We will certainly take up that offer. The Minister referred to the restrictions of European law. Recently, the European Commission ruled that the State wrongly excluded small and medium-sized enterprises from competing for the contracts to provide Ireland's new postcodes by imposing a turnover limit on companies eligible to tender for the project. Gary Delaney, the chief executive officer of Loc8 Code, pointed out the turnover limit as revealed by the Commission. Although it has not imposed restrictions or penalties on Ireland, the Commission has argued that Ireland's position on it was not good enough and that it needs to be addressed. What does the Minister have to say about that?
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