293 Ms Burton asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied, with reference to public procurement policy that contracting authorities make adequate effort, as his guidelines state they should, to ensure that recently established firms, or firms with no previous experience of public contracts, are not excluded from tendering; his views on the relatively common requirement in tender applications that the applicant must furnish an auditor’s statement indicating the applicant’s annual financial turnover for the past three years; if such stipulations are consistent with the policy objective of maximising competition in the market for the goods and services purchased by the public sector; his further views on whether the published procurement guidelines and the authorities which implement them pay sufficient attention to the stated policy of encouraging competition in public procurement; the steps taken to encourage competition in this area and if future steps are envisaged; the connection between the State’s public procurement policy and its competition policy; if the former has been or will be realigned to take account of the latter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14398/06]

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293 Ms Burton asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied, with reference to public procurement policy that contracting authorities make adequate effort, as his guidelines state they should, to ensure that recently established firms, or firms with no previous experience of public contracts, are not excluded from tendering; his views on the relatively common requirement in tender applications that the applicant must furnish an auditor’s statement indicating the applicant’s annual financial turnover for the past three years; if such stipulations are consistent with the policy objective of maximising competition in the market for the goods and services purchased by the public sector; his further views on whether the published procurement guidelines and the authorities which implement them pay sufficient attention to the stated policy of encouraging competition in public procurement; the steps taken to encourage competition in this area and if future steps are envisaged; the connection between the State’s public procurement policy and its competition policy; if the former has been or will be realigned to take account of the latter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14398/06]

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