Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

The procurement of services is central to the reform agenda of my Department. Areas that were closed shops in the past in terms of audit services and, more especially, legal services are properly tended for so that we get better value. I intend to do that. I have already had discussions with private sector firms that have innovative ways of carrying out the tender process. It will migrate to all public tendering as soon as possible.

I do not know the Deputy misspoke when he referred to the horrors of debt relief that will flow from the personal insolvency Bill. Most people do not regard addressing unsustainable debt in households as a horror. It is something we work towards. The personal insolvency Bill will be outlined in detail by the Minister for Justice and Equality tomorrow. It will be one component part-----

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