Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 404: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made within his Department in relation to reviewing existing contract specifications awarded by all Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6361/06]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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I take it that the Deputy is referring to the action taken in respect of contracts within my own Department arising from aspects of the address by the Minister for Finance to the Dublin Chamber of Commerce on 20 October 2005 on value for money and the peer review process for ICT projects over €5 million announced by the Government on 11 October last. Specifically, the address of the Minister for Finance of 20 October referred to formalised contracts review of projects over €30 million, retendering of extension of service contracts where the extension would be more than 50% of the original contract or would exceed €250,000, whichever is the lower.

While my Department administers and funds capital programmes involving grant aid to capital projects, the Department itself does not have capital projects over €30 million or ICT projects costing €5 million or more. As regards extension of service contracts, arrangements are being put in place in my Department to ensure compliance with the terms of the circular letter of the 25 January 2006 from the Department of Finance.