Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Regarding what the Government is doing on the matter, I ask the Deputy to allow me to elaborate further on the general issue of how we protect sensitive information from not only the relationships that we have with consulting companies but, more generally, the overall procurement processes that we have with those who do work on behalf of the State. This is laid out in a number of different areas in the standard template documents that are used to agree contracts. It is contained in the tenderer's statement which constitutes acceptance of the request for tender conditions, the contract terms and conditions, and confidentiality agreement. Specifically, clause 8 states that each of the parties to this agreement agree to hold confidential all information, documentation and other material received. That is laid out into procurement contract that we have. That is further developed in subclause D and in clause 10.B. These documents are available on the OGP website.

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