Seanad debates

Wednesday, 6 May 2015

Commencement Matters

Public Procurement Contracts

2:30 pm

Photo of Marie MoloneyMarie Moloney (Labour) | Oireachtas source

Yes and I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive answer. I was delighted to hear him say that it was not all about value for money. Sometimes people can tender lower, but they do not do a better job. We had proof of that in my locality where a person tendered for a local sewerage scheme, but half way through he found he could not do it. They took my parish out of the scheme. We discovered later that he had made a terrible mess of another job, yet he still got the job because his was the lowest tender. Therefore, the lowest tender is not always the best.

I have been informed that while two people were working on some jobs in a local government building, that number has now been reduced to one. Yet they are trying to get the same work done in the same time, so corners are obviously being cut.

I thank the Minister of State for his reply which I will circulate to the local people who raised the issue with me. Hopefully we can come to some arrangement to ensure that jobs are kept in the locality.

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