472. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Questions No. 389-394 on 4 February 2014, where he stated an open and competitive procurement process was conducted in accordance with Department of Finance and EU procurement frameworks in relation to the awarding of the postal code contract to Capita, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an Irish SME has had the process examined by the EC Public Procurement Unit in Brussels and is claiming that a judgment has been returned which states that the financial requirements in the procurement process set by the Government breached EU regulations and this and other elements did not conform with the guidelines either in the EU or in Ireland regarding the facilitation of SME participation in procurement processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8060/14]

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472. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Questions No. 389-394 on 4 February 2014, where he stated an open and competitive procurement process was conducted in accordance with Department of Finance and EU procurement frameworks in relation to the awarding of the postal code contract to Capita, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an Irish SME has had the process examined by the EC Public Procurement Unit in Brussels and is claiming that a judgment has been returned which states that the financial requirements in the procurement process set by the Government breached EU regulations and this and other elements did not conform with the guidelines either in the EU or in Ireland regarding the facilitation of SME participation in procurement processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8060/14]

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