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168 Mr. S. Brennan asked the Minister for Tourism and Trade the State bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been specifically asked to comply with the 1994 Public Procurement Booklet; and when each of the State bodies was asked by his Department to comply with the principles contained in the booklet. [14250/95]
The booklet Public Procurement was circulated by the Department of Finance to all Departments in June 1994 as "a new guide for civil servants". Copies of the publication were, however, subsequently given to each of the semi-State bodies under the aegis of my Department which, of course, have previously been instructed to, and have confirmed that they are complying with the Report on Guidelines for State Bodies published in October 1991 covering areas such as competitive tendering, subsidiaries, acquisitions etc.
