Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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Question 348: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details in relation to the number and value of State capital project contracts awarded to companies registered outside the State in the years 2009, 2010 and 2011 respectively; if he will provide details in respect of the number and value of State capital project contracts awarded to companies registered in the Republic of Ireland in the years 2009, 2010 and 2011 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34803/11]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy will appreciate that as my Department was established in 2011, it is not feasible for me to provide information relating to prior years.

In this regard, the available information with respect to State capital project contracts awarded to companies in 2011 to date is set out in the table below. I regret, however, that such information is not readily available or retrievable in respect of the numerous discrete capital works, many of them of a minor nature, that are carried out each year as part of the day-to-day management of the 6 National Parks and 78 nature reserves that are under my Department's remit. Compilation of such information in respect of this component of my Department's capital operations would involve a disproportionate amount of time and work, and would be very difficult to justify. I am advised, however, that all procurement in this area is carried out in line with national and EU guidelines, which do not allow the exclusion of any company on the basis of country of origin.