Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As regards procurement, I do not think the witnesses got around to answering the question about data. If we want to drive change, we have to benchmark where we are and hold people's toes to the fire as to where they are moving. Are the witnesses able to tell us, or is someone able to tell us, the percentage of EVs being acquired where public bodies are acquiring vehicles? What is in 2024 the extent of reuse of materials in buildings in which the State is involved? What obligation or level of performance is there? In food contracts, what is the extent of food waste in school meals and in canteens? Do we have that sort of basic information that would underpin the targets that are published in the appendix to the green procurement thing? If we do not have them and cannot report on them, I do not know how we can progress. I have not seen those figures produced anywhere.