Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of subcontractors that are engaged by State and semi-State agencies in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47234/17]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that under a public contract the contractual relationship is between the public body and the main contractor.  A public body has no contractual ties with a subcontractor engaged by a main contractor and, in many cases, will not be aware of the identity of those subcontractors.  Any contractual relationship is exclusively a matter between the main contractor and its sub-contractor.