Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 27 April 2023
173. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will indicate the benchmarks which he uses to assess the extent to which green criteria have impacted public procurement; and whether he can indicate how Ireland compares with other EU member states in this respect. [9534/23]
View answerMy Department is in the process of preparing a new Green Public Procurement (GPP) Strategy and Action Plan which will be published later in 2023. Development of this strategy is being informed by best practice undertaken in other EU countries including information provided by a GPP Advisory Group of the European Commission on the status of National Action Plans on GPP in EU Member States. There is currently no standardised mandatory reporting system to monitor the uptake of GPP at EU level. Such a system is being considered, following a commitment in the European Commission’s 2020 Circular Economy Action Plan regarding phasing in mandatory reporting on GPP.
The United Nations Environment Programme has recently published Factsheets on Sustainable Public Procurement in National Governments, which is a supplement to the 2022 Sustainable Public Procurement Global Review. It features 45 country factsheets that illustrate the current state of sustainable public procurement among national governments around the world (including Ireland). Further information is available at the following link:
www.oneplanetnetwork.org/knowledge-centre/resources/factsheets-sustainable-public-procurement-national-governments-1
