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Public Procurement Contracts

439 questions from 40 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.

439
questions
433 written, 6 oral
40
TDs have asked
9
parties and groups
Independents counted together
20
departments asked

Questions per month

The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 20252
February 202556
March 202521
April 20251
May 202574
June 202555
July 202538
August 20250
September 202556
October 202513
November 202526
December 20253
January 20262
February 202617
March 20263
April 202623
May 20269
June 20262
July 20269
August 20260
September 202612
October 202617

Who asks, by party

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.

  • Aontú5 from 1 TD · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil317 from 10 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael22 from 6 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party9 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent20 from 4 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland31 from 1 TD · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party6 from 5 TDs · 11 seats today
  • Sinn Féin14 from 8 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. 295
  2. 31
  3. 14
  4. 9
  5. 9
  6. 8
  7. 8
  8. 6

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Albert Dolan Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Social
724. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Social Protection 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 requirement under S.I. No. 376/2021 to provide such documents in open…
Albert Dolan Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Justice
813. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration 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 accessible; and to state the planned publication …
Albert Dolan Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Justice
814. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration 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 requirement under S.I. No. 376/2021 to provide such…
Albert Dolan Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Justice
815. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will confirm whether IPAS functions have returned to his Department, whether future payments will again be reported by his Department in the procurement-related payment reports (details supplied); and if he will outline the arrangements being made to ensure continuity and transparency in reporting across both his Department and …
Albert Dolan Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Justice
816. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which payments relating to the accommodation of beneficiaries of temporary protection (Ukraine) and payments under the international protection accommodation service will be reported going forward; if these payments will continue to be published in her Department's procurement-related payment reports for purchase orders ove…
Albert Dolan Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Justice
817. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 9 July 2025, as his Department confirmed its intention to move from annual to quarterly reporting of purchase orders over €20,000, if he will confirm when this change will come into effect in practice; if the first quarterly report will be published during 2025; or alternatively, if his Dep…
Albert Dolan Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
944. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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 accessible; and to state the planned publication dat…
Albert Dolan Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
945. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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 requirement under S.I. No. 376/2021 to provide such do…
Albert Dolan Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Children
1011. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide the web links to her 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 accessible; and to state the planned publication d…
Albert Dolan Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Children
1012. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her 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 requirement under S.I. No. 376/2021 to provide such …
Albert Dolan Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1138. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health to provide the web links to her 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 accessible; and to state the planned publication date for the Q3 2025 report.…
Albert Dolan Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1139. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health if her 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 requirement under S.I. No. 376/2021 to provide such documents in open, machine-…
Albert Dolan Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
1404. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science 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 accessible; and to st…
Albert Dolan Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
1405. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science 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 requirement under S.I. …
Albert Dolan Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Rural
1437. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht 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 accessible; and to state the plann…
Albert Dolan Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Rural
1438. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht 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 requirement under S.I. No. 376/2021 …
Séamus McGrath Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Public Expenditure
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…
Sean Fleming Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Climate
220. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department or any agency operating under the aegis of his Department has used reserved contracts or social clauses in its public procurement tenders in the past five years; if so, the nature of the reserved contract or social clause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42732/25]
Sean Fleming Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Defence
349. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence whether his Department or any agency operating under its aegis has, in the past five years, used reserved contracts or included social clauses in public procurement tenders; and if so, to detail the types of contracts or clauses used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42851/25]
Sean Fleming Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Public Expenditure
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]
Sean Fleming Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Public Expenditure
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…
Aindrias Moynihan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Enterprise
915. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the current level of assistance and courses available to SMEs in the area of securing public sector procurement contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42342/25]
Sean Fleming Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Enterprise
925. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to state whether his Department or any agency operating under its aegis has, in the past five years, used reserved contracts or included social clauses in public procurement tenders; and if so, to detail the types of contracts or clauses used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42554/25]
Albert Dolan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1420. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to his Department’s published procurement-related payments over €20,000 for 2023 and 2024, the methodology used to calculate and display the total figures now included in these reports, introduced first in the 2023 Q4 report (details supplied); if any exclusions, adjustments, data timing differences or rounding mechanisms …
Albert Dolan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1421. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide access to his Department’s procurement-related payment reports over €20,000 for years prior to 2020, noting that such records are not currently visible or accessible on the Department’s designated webpage for these reports (details supplied); if he will either provide direct links to these earlier records (if they are h…