Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach
Engagement with Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
2:00 am
Emer Higgins (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
That is legally challenging for us to do but, at the same time, we highlight companies where we feel they have been really good in this space. That is a bonus and we would encourage people to work with them. There is EU law when it comes to this so we have to be very careful to make sure we do not put out any advice that could be defamatory either from the Office of Government Procurement and that we are operating always within the space of the EU directives and our own national law. However, we absolutely have a record of companies that we feel are very positive in this space and we would encourage people to deal with them.
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