Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 31 January 2024
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised)
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
On public procurement and bidding for Government contracts, do we adequately protect the system, in other words, the Government and the State, from being taken to the fair by wealthy and well-organised financial conglomerates, which in some cases could impact on the housing market? Have we put in place measures to ensure we are protected in those circumstances?
I also wish to ask about tender rigging. There are ways to weed that out, including simple ones. Not even the cleverest of financially resourced companies can get around them if they are properly organised. Have we in place sufficiently rigorous procedures to identify rigging, which can and does result in the State paying more or getting less value for its money?
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