Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 July 2024
256. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on any work by the Office of Government Procurement to promote the recruitment of apprentices through the use of social clauses in public procurement contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30045/24]
View answerLast year, the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) published an information note on Apprenticeships and Public Procurement which can be accessed via the below link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/8b008-apprenticeships-and-public-procurement/.
This information note, developed in collaboration with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, provides information for public bodies on the inclusion of apprenticeship provisions within public-sector tendering processes. My Department continues to be proactive in promoting the use of strategic public procurement, including sustainable considerations, by contracting authorities. In January, the OGP published Opportunities and Approaches for Sustainable Public Procurement. This document, which can be accessed via the below link, acts as a reference for public procurement practitioners and policy makers and outlines the opportunities and possible approaches that can be taken for Sustainable Public Procurement.
www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/279165/3f3e1722-9ff3-41a5-864d-1a0f783a24eb.pdf#page=null.
