Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the progress made in creating a Logistic and Inventory Management Strategy for the public service which will reduce waste, obsolescence and duplication. [3459/13]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The approach to progressing this initiative will be set out in the Procurement Reform Implementation Plan that the incoming new Chief Procurement Officer will be preparing for Government by the end of Q1 2013. I understand that significant progress has already been made in the health sector where the Health Service Executive has implemented a range of measures to improve and streamline inventory and logistics management. This health sector experience will be very useful in progressing these aims across the broader public sector context.