Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 February 2008
361 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science 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 her as part of the improved value from capital projects. [6014/08]
Amharc ar fhreagraUnder the terms of the Department of Finance guidelines for the appraisal and management of capital expenditure proposals in the public sector, the recruitment of full-time specialists as referred to by the Deputy is only required in certain circumstances. To date it has not been necessary to appoint a full-time specialist by way of open recruitment or through secondment from the private sector to work on any I.T. projects for my Department. In addition to this it has not been necessary to date for my Department to engage any procurement and capital project evaluation specialist on a full-time basis, for any capital projects currently being undertaken by my Department. In respect of my Department's Public Private Partnership projects the National Development Finance Agency undertakes the procurement, financial and legal evaluation for each project.
