Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

It strikes me that there is potentially a role for in-house skill development as well. It is not just a case of the public sector being a customer but we need to build in-house skills within that area whereby people could even be employed by the State. Expertise could then be transferred from project to project. It sounds like that might be another way this could be addressed.

My last question is for Mr. O'Brien. The shadow cost of carbon was mentioned. Is that something that is factored into the new digital tools that were mentioned in regard to assessment, or is it something that the OGP is suggesting would be included for now? In the future, I hope it would be required to be included in the assessment of procurement contracts.