Mr. Niall McLoughlin:

Deputy Bruton is right. There is a user-explain element to the green public procurement action plan. A range of actions and targets are in place. As the Deputy said, the OGP is responsible for procurement under the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. He mentioned low-hanging fruit, but yesterday's announcement of the contract for re-manufactured laptops, which has an estimated value of up to €30 million, and will potentially equip civil servants and public servants with up to 60,000 re-manufactured laptops, is at the cutting edge of the circular economy. It goes beyond refurbishment. That is very welcome. It has been driven by the OGP and the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. It is the first such framework in Europe, so it is ground-breaking in that context. We work very closely with the OGP on green public procurement. A revision is now required to the previous circular on Buying Green!. The Deputy is right in what we said about the system having teeth. We want to do that because the EPA report on green public procurement in the public sector does not make fantastic reading.