asked the Minister for the Environment if he will confirm that no tender from a firm (details supplied) in County Offaly will be accepted by his Department while this company is in official dispute with the ITGWU.
Written Answers. - County Offaly Firm.
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The firm in question is one of a number of firms on the Department's combined purchasing scheme list for the supply of concrete pipes to local authorities until December 1983, from which local authorities may purchase the items in question. The Department do not themselves enter combined purchasing contracts.