Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 302: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all contracts, procurements, disposals or acquisitions in which his Department has been involved in the past five years have been open to public tender and in accordance with procurement or other procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16715/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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My Department seeks to comply fully with Department of Finance and EU procurement procedures in relation to tendering and awarding of contracts. Public procurement procedures as detailed in Department of Finance circular 40/02 do not require that all contracts should go to public tender. My Department has an approval and registration process in place for contracts where a single tender has been obtained, which is overseen by the Department's internal audit function and reported to the Comptroller and Auditor General. In relation to the disposal of assets, I can confirm that my Department have disposed of no assets exceeding €100,000 over the past five years.