Departmental Staff.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 February 2008

Wednesday, 13 February 2008

Ceisteanna (139)

Richard Bruton

Ceist:

233 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of full-time specialists who have been procured through open recruitment in the area of information technology procurement and capital project evaluation and management; and the number of IT procurement specialists who have been seconded between the public and private sectors, as proposed by him as part of the improved value from capital projects. [6017/08]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Foreign Affairs (Deputy Dermot Ahern)

The nature and scale of capital projects being undertaken by my Department has not required it to engage any full time specialists in the area of information technology procurement and capital project evaluation and management. As my Department has a full-time procurement management officer, there has not to date been a business need to second IT procurement specialists from the private sector.