Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 July 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Changes to Public Spending Code: Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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The Department brings graduates directly in from colleges for the IGEES. What I am trying to get at is whether the Department competing with consultants or being completely reliant on consultants for answers and problem-solving. What are we doing inside Departments to break away from that reliance, or to not be so reliant?