Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 326: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department has a corporate procurement plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6344/06]

Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has participated in a programme with the national public procurement policy unit of the Department of Finance to build an in-house procurement planning capacity. As a result of that collaboration, the Department is developing a corporate procurement plan for 2006, which will profile current procurement spend and examine procurement practices with a view to securing goods and services which meet needs and provide best value for money. Starting in 2006, a corporate procurement plan will be prepared each year and will operate in support of the departmental strategy.