Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 2 March 2021
Public Accounts Committee
2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
1:00 pm
Mr. Paul Quinn:
A group was created to look at this and it has not concluded yet. Security of supply is very much on the radar but this might include not only looking at potentially indigenous arrangements but also issues such as stockpiling. This group has to conclude its work and revert to the Government with recommendations. There are also discussions with the Commission on all of this because it is a matter for all jurisdictions, as the Chair rightly pointed out. Not only was Ireland in challenging circumstances but other countries in Europe and throughout the world found themselves in similar circumstances.
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