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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 11 - Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (9 Mar 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: To be fair, enough is never being done in that we must continually reform the process as we introduce it. The Office of Government Procurement, OGP, is a new entity and has done a tremendous amount of work in a short period, but we must continually review what we are doing and get feedback. I will have to discuss Cork again. I visited it with the OGP as part of the work that we were...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses (7 Dec 2016)

Eoghan Murphy: ...where their deployment may disproportionately impact on SMEs bidding for public contracts. Notwithstanding these concerns, the Government sees merit in developing a social clauses framework.The OGP is currently developing practical guidance aimed at providing assistance to contracting authorities in the use of social clauses across the public sector. These will reflect the new EU...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses (7 Dec 2016)

Eoghan Murphy: ...works and have been doing so for decades. They have the resources where they want to or should introduce a social clause based on the information already in the public domain and on what the OGP has put into the public domain and the work it has already done. While it is important that the OGP issue guidelines, and it will shortly, that should not be used as an excuse for local...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses (7 Dec 2016)

Eoghan Murphy: ...the bottom line when we procure but that we take into account other factors in procurement contracts and in rolling out pilot projects under social clauses. As the Senator is probably aware, the OGP and I are making a public presentation for Senators and Deputies tomorrow to go through and discuss several issues. If we can give a firm commitment on a date tomorrow we will do that then.

Seanad: Public Procurement: Statements (12 Jul 2016)

Eoghan Murphy: ...a manner that fully recognises the important role SMEs play in the Irish economy and that public procurement represents significant business opportunities. The remit of the Office of Government Procurement, OGP, is, therefore, to deliver sustainable savings for the taxpayer through centralising procurement across the public service and encouraging SMEs to fully engage in public...

Seanad: Public Procurement: Statements (12 Jul 2016)

Eoghan Murphy: ...are here which is another important factor. That does not mean we cannot improve the access to this new centralised procurement process, which is essentially a new Government service by the OGP. We are looking at that all the time and it was something I raised with stakeholders yesterday in our meeting. Are we doing enough? Are the buyer events good? Yes, they are good but there is...

Priority Questions: Public Procurement Regulations (31 May 2016)

Eoghan Murphy: One of my first actions when I took responsibility for this area was to meet with the people in charge of the OGP, given that it is such an important area, as the Deputy pointed out. Given the amount the State spends on procurement, the OGP is incredibly powerful. We can use this economic soft power for many good things, including getting value for money, as we are trying to do. This does...

Priority Questions: Public Procurement Regulations (31 May 2016)

Eoghan Murphy: ...not given on the floor of the House The reform of public procurement across the public service is ongoing and will continue to provide opportunities to the SME sector to win business. The OGP will continue to work with industry to ensure that winning Government business is done in a fair, transparent and accessible way and to ensure that Government procurement policies are business friendly.