95 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the public procurement system operates unfairly against small contractors in so far as the pre-qualification regime and marking system used ensures that the order of pre-qualification generally reflects the size of the companies seeking to pre-qualify; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that since the recession in the construction industry, larger companies are tendering for relatively small contracts and that as smaller contractors cannot pre-qualify they are being put out of business; if he will examine the marking system used to pre-qualify companies for tender purposes and revise it in order that smaller contractors are not discriminated against on the basis of size; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25320/09]

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95 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the public procurement system operates unfairly against small contractors in so far as the pre-qualification regime and marking system used ensures that the order of pre-qualification generally reflects the size of the companies seeking to pre-qualify; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that since the recession in the construction industry, larger companies are tendering for relatively small contracts and that as smaller contractors cannot pre-qualify they are being put out of business; if he will examine the marking system used to pre-qualify companies for tender purposes and revise it in order that smaller contractors are not discriminated against on the basis of size; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25320/09]

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