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31 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Finance if, in respect of each commercial State body, he will outline his views on the recent recommendation of NESC that an audit be undertaken to ensure that that body is competing in a transparent and fair basis with private suppliers of similar goods or services.
47 Mr. Bradford asked the Minister for Finance if, in respect of each commercial State body, he will outline his views on the recent recommendation of NESC that an audit be undertaken to ensure that that body is competing in a transparent and fair basis with private suppliers of similar goods or services.
98 Mr. Cotter asked the Minister for Finance if, in respect of each commercial State body, he will outline his views on the recent recommendation of NESC that an audit be undertaken to ensure that that body is competing in a transparent and fair basis with private suppliers of similar goods or services.
99 Mrs. Taylor-Quinn asked the Minister for Finance if, in respect of each commercial State body, he will outline his views on the recent recommendation of NESC that an audit be undertaken to ensure that that body is competing in a transparent and fair basis with private suppliers of similar goods or services.
101 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Finance if, in respect of each commercial State body, he will outline his views on the recent recommendation of NESC that an audit be undertaken to ensure that that body is competing in a transparent and fair basis with private suppliers of similar goods or services.
103 Mr. Crowley asked the Minister for Finance if, in respect of each commercial State body, he will outline his views on the recent recommendation of NESC that an audit be undertaken to ensure that that body is competing in a transparent and fair basis with private suppliers of similar goods or services.
108 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Finance if, in respect of each commercial State body, he will outline his views on the recent recommendation of NESC that an audit be undertaken to ensure that that body is competing in a transparent and fair basis with private suppliers of similar goods or services.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 31, 47, 98, 99, 101, 103 and 108 together. The recommendation to which the Deputies refer is, presumably, that contained in the NESC report, "A Strategy for the Nineties", which was published in October of last year. The recommendation for an "audit" in that report was made in the broad context of maximising the contribution of the State sponsored sector to the economy. The Government at that time welcomed the report, which it saw as an important contribution to the negotiations then under way on a programme for economic and social progress to succeed the Programme for National Recovery. These negotiations, as the Deputies are aware, have successfully concluded, and a Programme for Economic and Social Progress has been agreed between the Government and the social partners.
