Questions

376. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide copies (or links) of circulars, guidance notes, compliance reminders or buyer alerts issued by his Department/OGP since March 2023 relating to Circular 05/2023 obligations (advertising thresholds, award-notice publication €25,000, completion of award-notice fields); and to provide th…

377. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will commit to publishing a quarterly compliance dashboard for Circular 05/2023 showing the national compliance rates by obligation and sector; a list of contracting authorities with material non-compliance; the remediation actions and timelines agreed with those bodies and, if not, to se…

378. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the escalation and sanction framework available where contracting authorities persistently fail to comply with Circular 05/2023 (e.g. under the public spending code, internal audit, Comptroller and Auditor General observations, or performance agreements with accounting officers); and, if such a…

379. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to his reply of 17 September 2025, the way in which the Oireachtas can be assured that Circular 05/2023 is being implemented if his Department does not centrally monitor compliance, if no central compliance statistics are published, and if no escalation pathway is defined; and if he acc…

380. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide, for each quarter since Quarter 2 2023, the number of contract award notices €25,000 published on eTenders ; the proportion where all mandatory data fields were completed; and the number of awards recorded as off-platform competitions subsequently uploaded. [55049/25]

381. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department will instruct the OGP to introduce an accounting officer compliance certificate (annexed to appropriation accounts) affirming that the Department/Body advertised all contracts at/above Circular 05/2023 thresholds; published all awards €25,000 (including off-platform procuremen…

145. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department has assessed whether publishing the estimated contract value for public procurement tenders inflates final bid prices; whether alternative approaches, such as value bands or undisclosed ceilings have been considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53772/25]

350. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he has updated public procurement guidelines in the context of public bodies purchasing goods and/or services produced and or developed by Israeli companies. [51425/25]

350. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide the web links to his Department’s Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 published reports of procurement-related payments or purchase orders over €20,000 (in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements); to confirm whether these reports have been published in full and are publicly accessib…

352. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department will publish the procurement related payment reports (details supplied) in machine-readable formats such as CSV or excel on a quarterly basis, in line with open data standards; if not, the legal, technical, or operational constraints that prevent compliance with the requiremen…

353. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the governance arrangements in place to monitor compliance with Circular 05/2023; the Department or OGP units responsible; the tools and data sources used to check compliance; the frequency of review; and the escalation process where contracting authorities are found to be non-compliant. [47772…

354. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide, by quarter since Q2 2023, the compliance rate of contracting authorities with Circular 05/2023 in respect of advertising of contracts at or above the thresholds (€50,000 for goods/services, €200,000 for works, €50,000 for works-related services), publication of all contract awards €…

355. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to section 1.4 of Circular 05/2023, to confirm whether a formal review has been initiated, the methodology and data sources being used, preliminary or final findings regarding SME participation and operational efficiency; and when the review report will be published. [47774/25]

356. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether his Department has engaged directly with contracting authorities identified as failing to meet Circular 05/2023 obligations; and to provide details of those engagements and agreed remediation steps. [47775/25]

363. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the Office of Government Procurement will mandate enhanced pre-award checks for high-risk social care contracts (details supplied); if a clawback protocol for safeguarding breaches will be standardised across contracting authorities; and the timeframes for policy issuance. [48152/25]

367. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to the statement by the accounting officer of his Department before the Oireachtas Committee of Public Accounts on 10 July 2025 (details supplied), the precise methodology used by his Department or the Office of Government Procurement to calculate this €18.5 billion figure; whether the …

368. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to the accounting officer's statement before the Oireachtas Committee of Public Accounts on 10 July 2025, that public procurement now accounts for an estimated €18.5 billion annually (details supplied), if he will provide the equivalent annual estimate for the total value of public proc…

369. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department or the Office of Government Procurement maintain estimates of public procurement expenditure by major category, such as works, goods and services; if so, to provide figures showing the relative breakdown by category, for each of the past ten years; and if he will identify the …

384. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if a company (details supplied) is on the Office of Government Procurement framework to provide security or steward personnel to public bodies; and if so, when the company contract on the framework expires. [48649/25]

607. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the top ten public contracts in value terms including project name, completed in the past five years; the total final cost of each contract versus the original contract cost; to provide details of variations in the cost from the contract price to the final cost; and if he will make a statemen…

816. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the actions his Department has taken to promote the use of reserved contracts or social clauses in public procurement; the data they collect on the use of reserved contracts or social clauses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42796/25]

817. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether his department or any agency operating under the aegis of his Department have used reserved contracts or social clauses in their public procurement tenders in the past five years and if so to outline the nature of the reserved contract or social clause; and if he will make a statement o…

16. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the safeguards that are now in place to ensure large-scale public infrastructure contracts are completed on time and within budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40074/25]

43. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the new protocols implemented to ensure that future IT upgrades of State or public bodies will be fully thought out, have robust procurement-tender documentation, including penalty clauses for failure to deliver; have the relevant IT expertise or access to it to ensure assessment; monitorin…

47. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the position regarding the National Public Procurement Strategy review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39587/25]