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Request Reference FOI/P379/2024
Requester Type Other
Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

I am researching the history of the Government Contracts Committee (GCC) which I believe was established soon after the foundation of the State. It was chaired by the Department of Finance who also provided the Secretariat and came under the remit of the Public Procurement Policy area in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am requesting copies of all documents that dealt with the formation of this long-standing Committee, its membership, the type of work it did in the early years and the frequency of meetings. Minutes of early meetings (say 6 - including minutes of the first meeting) would help satisfy this part of the request. Furthermore, I understand that around 2000 an internal report was written by the Public Procurement Policy Unit in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform which set out a brief history of the GCC, I am also requesting a copy of this document under FOI Act 2014.