Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance when he intends to sign into law the EU public procurement directive; and the practical applications of the directive which are being considered for use once it is signed into law. [14100/05]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The revised EU public procurement directives must be transposed into the laws of member states by 30 January 2006. I intend to meet this deadline. The revised directives contain optional new provisions for modernising public procurement, including the use of electronic means in purchasing and greater flexibility in procedures for the award of more complex contracts. Ireland intends to avail of the new provisions which will be important in helping to implement the Government's national strategy for public procurement.