Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 594: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has a corporate procurement plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6353/06]

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 is developing its policy in this area and is participating in capacity building initiatives currently being undertaken by the national public procurement policy unit of the Department of Finance. One of the objectives of this process is the development of strategic corporate procurement plans generally.