Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Operations and Functions: Office of Government Procurement
2:30 pm
Mr. Paul Quinn:
That is okay. I will comment on another issue that is worth mentioning. I regret that semi-State bodies are not included from an operational perspective. From a policy perspective, they are obliged to follow the policies set by the Government and the office. With regard to the HSE and drugs in particular, that arrangement is overseen, by and large, by the Department and not the HSE. We have offered our assistance, as was mentioned to the Committee of Public Accounts, to the Department of Health to help it procure those goods and services.
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