Mr. Leslie Carberry:

If I may, looking back on my notes I see that I neglected to answer Senator Higgins's point on green public procurement. There is the programme for Government commitment that green criteria will be included in all public procurement by the end of 2023. My division is working with the Office of Government Procurement to operationalise that commitment. Recently the EPA produced green public procurement guidance and a set of criteria which procuring bodies can use. I wanted to correct that oversight.