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

Photo of Jennifer Carroll MacNeillJennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On another point, I recall the establishment of the OGP. Obviously it is essential that there is a clear and transparent public procurement process in any modern democracy and it is really heartening to see the savings that have emerged, of approximately €570 million, since the office's establishment. I would like to get into that a little deeper if I can. A parliamentary question tabled in 2013 sought an update on the office's establishment and the addressable spend. I ask Mr. Moloney to clarify something for me. He spoke about a State spend of €7 billion, for which OGP is relevant but if one goes back to 2013, the equivalent figure seems to have been €9 billion. Reference was made to an addressable spend and I ask the witnesses to help me out. What is the difference there?

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