Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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551. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will name each company awarded a contract for the provision of professional services by her Department and agencies under her aegis since May 2011; the value and purpose of the contract; if a competitive tendering process was undertaken in line with public procurement best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6450/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I would like to inform the Deputy that all contracts entered into by my Department must conform to the relevant laws and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform guidelines on Public Procurement.

My Department is currently working to compile a complete list as requested and this will be forwarded directly to the Deputy immediately as it becomes available.

In the interim, I would refer the Deputy to the Parliamentary Question 1915/14 from Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin answered on January 16th 2014, which detailed professional services for which payments were made since the establishment of my Department on 2 June 2011 and detailing the year in which the payment issued.