78 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a proposed requirement being prepared by the Office of Public Works which will require State-funded construction contracts to specify the use of an imported substitute product instead of indigenously produced cement would be without precedent within the EU; if his further attention has been drawn to the detrimental consequences arising for the cement manufacturing sector here, up to and including potential plant closures and significant job losses at a time when the Irish construction sector is struggling to survive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38179/11]

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78 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a proposed requirement being prepared by the Office of Public Works which will require State-funded construction contracts to specify the use of an imported substitute product instead of indigenously produced cement would be without precedent within the EU; if his further attention has been drawn to the detrimental consequences arising for the cement manufacturing sector here, up to and including potential plant closures and significant job losses at a time when the Irish construction sector is struggling to survive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38179/11]

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