352. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if all drawdowns from frameworks by his Department or its agencies from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024, valued over €25,000 were accompanied by publication of a contract award notice on the eTenders portal as required by Circular 05/2023; and if not, to list any known contracts where such publication did not occur a…
Topics / Public Procurement Contracts
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsPublic Procurement Contracts
439 questions from 40 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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433 written, 6 oral
40
TDs have asked
9
parties and groups
Independents counted together
20
departments asked
Questions per month
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 2 |
| February 2025 | 56 |
| March 2025 | 21 |
| April 2025 | 1 |
| May 2025 | 74 |
| June 2025 | 55 |
| July 2025 | 38 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 56 |
| October 2025 | 13 |
| November 2025 | 26 |
| December 2025 | 3 |
| January 2026 | 2 |
| February 2026 | 17 |
| March 2026 | 3 |
| April 2026 | 23 |
| May 2026 | 9 |
| June 2026 | 2 |
| July 2026 | 9 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 12 |
| October 2026 | 17 |
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The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
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The questions
371. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its annual accounts; if so, to distinguish between contracts awarded via framework mini-competition, contracts awarded via direct drawdown from a framework without competition and frameworks run independently by his Department vers…
372. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all framework agreements used by his Department or its agencies since 2022, by name and description of framework; if it was established by his Department, the OGP, or another central/sectoral body; if it is a single-supplier or multi-supplier framework; if drawdowns required mini-competitions; and the total num…
373. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if all drawdowns from frameworks by his Department or its agencies from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024 valued over €25,000 were accompanied by publication of a contract award notice on the eTenders portal as required by Circular 05/2023; and if not, to list any known contracts where such publication did not occur and the reason…
421. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its annual accounts; if so, to distinguish between contracts awarded via framework mini-competition, contracts awarded via direct drawdown from a framework without competition and frameworks run independently by his Department versus those centrally es…
422. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a list of all framework agreements used by his Department or its agencies since 2022, by name and description of framework; if it was established by his Department, the OGP, or another central/sectoral body; if it is a single-supplier or multi-supplier framework; if drawdowns required mini-competitions; and the total number of contracts and …
423. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if all drawdowns from frameworks by his Department or its agencies from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024, valued over €25,000 were accompanied by publication of a contract award notice on the eTenders portal as required by Circular 05/2023; and if not, to list any known contracts where such publication did not occur and the reason. [27063/25]
424. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to the use of centralised or sectoral procurement frameworks, to list the top ten frameworks, by value of payments drawn down in 2022,2023,2024, the associated category for example, temporary staff, consultancy and IT support, the value of payments per framework and any known framework expiry or extension in progress. [27070/25]
465. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its annual accounts; if so, to distinguish between contracts awarded via framework mini-competition, contracts awarded via direct drawdown from a framework without competition and frameworks run independently by his Department versus those centrally established …
466. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice to provide a list of all framework agreements used by his Department or its agencies since 2022, by name and description of framework; if it was established by his Department, the OGP, or another central/sectoral body; if it is a single-supplier or multi-supplier framework; if drawdowns required mini-competitions; and the total number of contracts and aggregate …
467. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice if all drawdowns from frameworks by his Department or its agencies from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024, valued over €25,000 were accompanied by publication of a contract award notice on the eTenders portal as required by Circular 05/2023; and if not, to list any known contracts where such publication did not occur and the reason. [27060/25]
468. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice further to the use of centralised or sectoral procurement frameworks, to list the top ten frameworks, by value of payments drawn down in 2022,2023,2024, the associated category for example, temporary staff, consultancy and IT support, the value of payments per framework and any known framework expiry or extension in progress. [27071/25]
499. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if framework-based procurement is included in his Department's reporting of "tendered" procurement in its annual accounts; if so, to distinguish between contracts awarded via framework mini-competition, contracts awarded via direct drawdown from a framework without competition and frameworks run independently by his Department versus tho…
500. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of all framework agreements used by his Department or its agencies since 2022, by name and description of framework; if it was established by his Department, the OGP or another central or sectoral body; if it is a single-supplier or multi-supplier framework; if drawdowns required mini-competitions; and the total number …
501. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all drawdowns from frameworks by his Department or its agencies from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024 valued over €25,000 were accompanied by publication of a contract award notice on the eTenders portal as required by Circular 05/2023; and, if not, to list any known contracts where such publication did not occur and the reason. [27…
536. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if framework-based procurement is included in her Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its annual accounts; if so, to distinguish between contracts awarded via framework mini-competition, contracts awarded via direct drawdown from a framework without competition and frameworks run independently by her Department versus th…
537. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of all framework agreements used by her Department or its agencies since 2022, by name and description of framework; if it was established by her Department, the OGP, or another central/sectoral body; if it is a single-supplier or multi-supplier framework; if drawdowns required mini-competitions; and the total number o…
538. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if all drawdowns from frameworks by her Department or its agencies from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024, valued over €25,000 were accompanied by publication of a contract award notice on the eTenders portal as required by Circular 05/2023; and if not, to list any known contracts where such publication did not occur and the reason. [2…
684. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health for each framework agreement that the Health Service Executive has accessed or called-off from in 2025, to state the factors in (details supplied). [27002/25]
693. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health if framework-based procurement is included in her Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its annual accounts; if so, to distinguish between contracts awarded via framework mini-competition, contracts awarded via direct drawdown from a framework without competition and frameworks run independently by her Department versus those centrally established b…
694. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all framework agreements used by her Department or its agencies since 2022, by name and description of framework; if it was established by her Department, the OGP, or another central/sectoral body; if it is a single-supplier or multi-supplier framework; if drawdowns required mini-competitions; and the total number of contracts and aggregate v…
695. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health if all drawdowns from frameworks by her Department or its agencies from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024, valued over €25,000 were accompanied by publication of a contract award notice on the eTenders portal as required by Circular 05/2023; and if not, to list any known contracts where such publication did not occur and the reason. [27058/25]
696. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health further to the use of centralised or sectoral procurement frameworks, to list the top ten frameworks, by value of payments drawn down in 2022,2023,2024, the associated category for example, temporary staff, consultancy and IT support, the value of payments per framework and any known framework expiry or extension in progress [27067/25]
809. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its annual accounts; if so, to distinguish between contracts awarded via framework mini-competition, contracts awarded via direct drawdown from a framework without competition and frameworks run independentl…
810. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a list of all framework agreements used by his Department or its agencies since 2022, by name and description of framework; if it was established by his Department, the OGP, or another central/sectoral body; if it is a single-supplier or multi-supplier framework; if drawdowns required mini-competi…