Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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201. To ask the Minister for Health if a company (details supplied) is an approved agency for tendering for Government contracts; if his attention has been drawn to the practice of company renaming in the past in order to obviate regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28355/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Office of Government Procurement has responsibility, together with sectoral partners, for putting in place framework agreements and contracts through which public sector bodies can buy goods and services. The Office is also responsible for procurement policy and procedures, sourcing systems and data analytics. With regard to the company (details supplied), the Deputy will be aware that my Department availed of their HR coaching services in 2015.