Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 February 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

5:25 pm

Photo of Brendan HowlinBrendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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I never have an inclination or a trend to outsource, I simply have an open mind on how services are best and most efficiently provided to the citizen. Clearly, there will be issues where we will have peaked demand for a service that will not justify the recruitment of permanent public servants, so it makes sense to outsource.