Frank Feighan FG – is Minister of State for Public Procurement, Digitalisation and eGovernment. He wants to talk about the adoption by the European Commission of a proposal for a new regulation to modernise and simplify the EU’s public procurement framework. The proposal aims to streamline procurement processes across the European Union, reduce administrative burdens and strengthen the capacity of public procurement to support effective investment in public services, infrastructure and strategic policy objectives.
The regulation is one of the priority files for Ireland to Chair negotiations on, during its Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and is part of the One Europe, One Market Roadmap. Under the Irish Presidency the Department will promote the competitiveness agenda and supports for small businesses. It will progress three important agendas: strategic, simplification and harmonisation, while balancing practical real-world commercial application of what is an ambitious overhaul by the EU of Public Procurement rules.
