Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

May I address that point given that I used to lecture on procurement? Green procurement is incredibly complex. At the moment, we have fledgling items within our procurement structure that mean that regard can be had to factors such as environmental impact, but they tend to be rooted in considerations such as the transport of the good to the site. Something displacing an Irish job could be coming from Italy, but in an electric van, which does not really achieve what we want to achieve.

I am under the impression that the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform may be examining some of these issues in terms of green procurement but we would like to be focusing on subjects like community wealth-building, which accounts for jobs in one's local area and factors that go beyond environmental metrics. I believe, however, this is well worth pursuing.