Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In July 2022, six Spanish construction firms were fined €200 million by the Spanish regulator for colluding on bids for public construction contracts. The Spanish state has banned these companies from participating in the public procurement process. Five of those Spanish companies have won public construction contracts in Ireland. What they did was essentially was agree who would win in advance of the bid, in other words, "It's your turn next". Three bids would be submitted and then two would later pull out leaving one bidder remaining. The Government of the day would have to choose between starting the process over and going with the only remaining bid. Is the Minister aware of these developments in Spain and the operation of these companies here in Ireland? If he is, what measures has he taken to ensure that the practice for which they were fined in Spain is not happening here? Is the CCPC adequately set up to investigate collusion of this nature and protect public money?

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