Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 1377: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has produced an annual corporate procurement plan in respect of each of the years 2000 to 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2248/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The process of procurement in my Department is regulated through compliance with existing guidelines on public procurement under EU and national rules. It has not been the practice to date to produce a corporate plan in respect of this activity. However, my Department will be developing its policy in this area in line with the initiative currently being undertaken by the national public procurement policy unit of the Department of Finance in regard to public service procurement generally.