Questions

212. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether purchase orders issued by her Department under procurement contracts can be linked to the corresponding contracts held in its internal contract register; whether a contract reference or other unique identifier is maintained to enable this linkage; and if not, the way her Department monitors cumulative expenditure against the approved va…

213. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether contracts recorded in her Department's internal contract register can be linked to their corresponding contract award notices published on eTenders, where applicable; whether her Department records the relevant eTenders notice reference, URL or other identifier; and if not, the reasons that prevent this information from being recorded. …

275. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether purchase orders issued by his Department under procurement contracts can be linked to the corresponding contracts held in its internal contract register; whether a contract reference or other unique identifier is maintained to enable this linkage; and if not, the way his Department monitors cumulative expenditure against the a…

276. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether contracts recorded in his Department's internal contract register can be linked to their corresponding contract award notices published on eTenders, where applicable; whether his Department records the relevant eTenders notice reference, URL or other identifier; and if not, the reasons that prevent this information from being …

439. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Transport whether contracts recorded in his Department's internal contract register can be linked to their corresponding contract award notices published on eTenders, where applicable; whether his Department records the relevant eTenders notice reference, URL or other identifier; and if not, the reasons that prevent this information from being recorded. [77022/26]

530. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether purchase orders issued by his Department under procurement contracts can be linked to the corresponding contracts held in its internal contract register; whether a contract reference or other unique identifier is maintained to enable this linkage; and if not, the way his Department monitors cumulative expenditure against the approved value o…

531. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether contracts recorded in his Department's internal contract register can be linked to their corresponding contract award notices published on eTenders, where applicable; whether his Department records the relevant eTenders notice reference, URL or other identifier; and if not, the reasons that prevent this information from being recorded. [7702…

646. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether contracts recorded in his Department's internal contract register can be linked to their corresponding contract award notices published on eTenders, where applicable; whether his Department records the relevant eTenders notice reference, URL or other identifier; and if not, the reasons that prevent this information from being r…

929. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department and each agency and public body under its aegis maintain a supplier register or equivalent electronic record in which suppliers are assigned unique identifiers; the identifier types held by each body, including CRO registration numbers, VAT numbers and internally generated supplier IDs; whether these identifiers are re…

933. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether his Department and each agency and public body under its aegis publishes quarterly reports of purchase orders or payments over €20,000 in a machine-readable format such as CSV or XLSX; the bodies publishing only in PDF or other non-structured formats, in tabular form; the reasons for this, having regard to Regulation 7 of S.I. N…

938. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether purchase orders issued by his Department under procurement contracts can be linked to the corresponding contracts held in its internal contract register; whether a contract reference or other unique identifier is maintained to enable this linkage; and if not, the way his Department monitors cumulative expenditure against the app…

939. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether contracts recorded in his Department's internal contract register can be linked to their corresponding contract award notices published on eTenders, where applicable; whether his Department records the relevant eTenders notice reference, URL or other identifier; and if not, the reasons that prevent this information from being re…

179. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on the commitment in the policy statement on developing a new public procurement strategy for Ireland (details supplied) including the status of the OGP-OECD project referenced as providing a roadmap for that strategy; whether the roadmap has now been completed; the expected timel…

24. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether he has considered the approach set out in the UK’s recent Guidance on Contract Payment Information, which requires contracting authorities to publish contract payment information that links individual payments to the specific public contracts under which those costs were incurred (detail…

87. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to the launch of the National Development Finance Agency’s new centralised expert assistance service for major capital projects under Action 24 of the ‘Accelerating Infrastructure Report and Action Plan’, whether his Department considers the absence of a unique, universal supplier identi…

380. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department has assessed whether the absence of centralised reporting on contract variations represents a governance or accountability gap in public procurement; and if he will consider introducing requirements for contracting authorities to record, publish, and centrally report details o…

381. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department will consider mandating the use of contract management systems across all public bodies to ensure contract variations are systematically recorded and monitored; and when such a policy will be implemented. [63051/25]

183. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Taoiseach the number and value of contracts that underwent post-award variations; the net value change as a percentage of original awards, by CPV/category; and the three most common drivers of variation identified, for 2022–2024. [60950/25]

225. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number and value of contracts that underwent post-award variations; the net value change as a percentage of original awards, by CPV/category; and the three most common drivers of variation identified, for 2022 to 2024. [60936/25]

261. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number and value of contracts that underwent post-award variations; the net value change as a percentage of original awards, by CPV/category; and the three most common drivers of variation identified, for 2022–2024. [60938/25]

271. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Transport the number and value of contracts that underwent post-award variations; the net value change as a percentage of original awards, by CPV/category; and the three most common drivers of variation identified, for 2022–2024. [60951/25]

372. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Finance the number and value of contracts that underwent post-award variations; the net value change as a percentage of original awards, by CPV/category; and the three most common drivers of variation identified, for 2022–2024. [60941/25]

395. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department maintains any centralised data on the number, value, or type of post-award contract variations approved by contracting authorities across the public service in each of the past five years; and if not, whether contracting authorities are required to report such variations to th…

396. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department has ever conducted analysis of post-award contract variations to identify trends, such as which categories of procurement, by CPV code or sector; and those most prone to variations, or which types of projects carry the greatest risk of scope change or cost escalation. [60933/2…

397. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number and value of contracts that underwent post-award variations; the net value change as a percentage of original awards, by CPV/category; and the three most common drivers of variation identified, for 2022–2024. [60947/25]