Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

There are many bodies still not open to scrutiny. The Minister says exemptions are proposed in the public interest so as not to affect a body's ability to perform its core functions and commercial performance. I am not sure this complies fully with EU rules. We have been in a battle with Bord na Móna for several months regarding its employment of Accenture. It has confirmed to me that it entered into several contractual commitments with Accenture in 2014 but refused to give me the cost of each contract stating they do not come under freedom of information and, accordingly, the company is not obliged to give me the information. I have checked this with the EU. An EU procurement directive states contract information, including the cost per contract, of commercial State bodies must be published.

Will the Minister check whether commercial state bodies which do not disclose cost of contracts are in breach of EU procurement directives? Sadly, Bord na Móna stopped talking to me as well.

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