Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 1194: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform 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. [2247/06]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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Procurement activity in my Department continues to be managed in accordance with established public sector guidelines. The requirement to produce an annual corporate procurement plan arises from the national public procurement policy framework, which was issued by the Department of Finance in May 2005. In response to that, my Department has undertaken steps to produce a corporate procurement plan in 2006 which will seek to evaluate existing approaches to procurement, set future goals and develop indicators to evaluate practical procurement reform outcomes.

My Department, with others, has participated in a capacity building exercise run by the national public procurement policy unit of the Department of Finance, in line with its role as a resource for the roll-out of procurement management reform in the public sector generally.