Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 819: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has produced an annual corporate procurement plan in respect of each of the years 2000 to 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2243/06]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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My Department did not produce a formal annual corporate procurement plan for the years in question. However, I can assure the Deputy that my Department maintains rigorous oversight of procurement matters through established control mechanisms.

Furthermore, my Department has participated in a Department of Finance-led procurement capacity building initiative and is now drawing up a procurement strategy for the Department, a key component of which will be an annual procurement plan. The plan will operate in support the procurement strategy to ensure the Department continues to maximise the potential to deliver value for money in the area of procurement.