Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 3 October 2013
Public Accounts Committee
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 42 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 12 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 13 - Procurement without a Competitive Process
11:30 am
Mr. Robert Watt:
Engagement with the supplier community in the correct way is important. We need fewer procurers or people buying and better procurers. We need more specialist people because it is a specialist activity. That is an issue for us. We are trying to professionalise this function across the system through the office Mr. Quinn is leading because it is a specialist activity involving particular skills. It involves supplier engagement, including face-to-face discussions.
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