Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 175: To ask the Taoiseach if, in the interest of reducing paper use, he has plans to relax or drop the requirement to supply three or more hard copies of tender documentation and to move towards greater use of electronic documentation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39741/08]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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There is no specific policy requirement by my Department to receive hard copies of tender documentation in response to all requests for tender. The national public procurement website www.etenders.gov.ie, known as etenders has a facility for the submission of tenders electronically. In fact, in a number of cases, my Department has adopted the practice of providing tenderers with the option of providing documentation in either format, electronic or hard copy. It is intended to continue this practice.