Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy should feel free to raise it at our next meeting as arising out of the minutes.

No. 1296B, from Mr. Paul Quinn, chief procurement officer, dated 11 May, is in response to the committee's request for a note on the agreement for the provision of external investigation services in respect of the framework for receipt and investigation of protected disclosures. This framework came into effect for public bodies on 11 April 2018. We will note and publish the correspondence. This is the item concerning protected disclosures that I mentioned earlier. The question Deputy MacSharry asked is whether someone within a small organisation can be independent. That is what the legislation says, so the Office of Government Procurement is operating within the legislation, within those guidelines. I think he-----