Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the opportunity to engage. During one of our committee meetings on this issue at which officials from the office of the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, were in attendance, it was put to us and the groups appearing before us that four or five businesses should get together and tender as group. That would not work, though. There could not be four or five businesses in the same town tendering for something. How would the contract be divided between them?

The SME sector is responsible for employing more than 1 million people and it is important that we afford SMEs every opportunity and Government support possible. Reviewing the threshold could be of help to many SMEs in getting back up and running.

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