Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I recognise the necessity of what was done but I am concerned with what yardstick or criteria were used to select that particular contractor. Perhaps the Minister would outline the criteria generally used by agencies under the aegis of the Department which give out contracts like this without inviting tenders.

What yardstick was used, or what criteria, to select that particular contractor? Perhaps the Minister might outline what criteria are generally used by agencies under the aegis of her Department to give out contracts of this kind without inviting tenders. I realise the Minister does not have the information with her but I ask her to furnish me with a list of contracts issued in the past 18 months by her Department and the agencies under its aegis, giving a breakdown of which required tenders and which were granted without the necessity to tender.

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