Ulick Burke (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 526: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm the names and details of the contractors engaged by the single farm payment section of his Department for the purposes of providing mailing services; the number of years that these contractors have been engaged by his Department; the amount of money paid by his Department to these contractors in each case; the facilities in terms of accommodation and equipment provided to these contractors; if these contractors have been engaged by his Department in each year on foot of the standard competitive tendering process; if he is satisfied that there is no conflict of interest between these contractors and any member of staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38661/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The names and details of contractors engaged by the Single Payment Unit of my Department for the purposes of providing printing and as consequence mailing services/ associated costs inclusive of VAT are as follows:

Printing and mailing of 2010 Single Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Schemes application forms (containing all of the pre-printed information on each applicant, including full details of all land parcels declared in 2009) and associated documents completed by TICo, Unit 8, Maple Avenue, Stillorgan Industrial Park, Blackrock, Co Dublin at a cost of €87,166.32.

Printing of letters and packaging of colour maps of land parcels for mailing by TICo Unit 8, Maple Avenue, Stillorgan Industrial Park, Blackrock, Co Dublin at a cost of €30,821.25.

Printing and mailing of letters and maps by Hi-Tech Print Services Ltd t/a AZAP Print, Castle Street, Carlow at a cost of €1,317.69.

Printing and mailing of letters and maps by Hi-Tech Print Services Ltd t/a AZAP Print, Castle Street, Carlow at a cost of €44,773.63

All of these contactors have been engaged by my Department in 2010 for the first time. My Department has not provided any accommodation or equipment to these contractors.

I am satisfied that my Department followed the proper procedures and guidelines under both National and EU law in relation to the procurement of the printing and mailing services provided by the named contractors and I am also satisfied that there is no conflict of interest between the named contractors named and any member of staff within my Department .