Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 February 2023
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised)
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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I welcome the Minister and the Minister of State and congratulate them on their new roles. I have a few questions for them. Public procurement is a very important issue at present. There are many obstacles, some perceived and some real, that have dogged delivery in public procurement over many years. What can the Minister or Minister of State tell us at this stage about the way in which they intend to go about dealing with that issue, recognising that we must advertise adequately, allow the various participants to be assured their case is being properly dealt with, and eliminate unnecessary delays, which is obvious, while, at the same time, going through the necessary procedures to protect the public interest?