Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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693. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of each statutory instrument signed, each contract entered into, each tender issued, each tender awarded and each State board appointment made by her or by an agency of her Department from 1 January 2016 to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6689/16]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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For the Deputy's information: Statutory Instruments are a matter of public record and all S.I.s are published at .

Tenders for goods and services for a value greater than €25,000 are published on the eTenders website and can be viewed at the following link . All contracts awarded above the value of €25,000 must be published on the eTenders website in accordance with Circular 10/14 and can be viewed at the following link:

My Department does not currently centrally collate details of all contracts awarded, however a contracts database for goods and services is currently under development with the ICT unit and it is anticipated that a list of all contracts above €25,000 for goods and services will be available on the Department's website by the third quarter of this year.

To date in 2016, one appointment was made to The Dental Council. The Dental Council is under the aegis of the Department of Health and the Minister for Education and Skills makes one appointment to the Council under the Dentist Act 1985. The details of this appointment are set out in the attached document. In addition, I confirmed appointments to the Teaching Council to replace the former Council whose term of office expired at end March 2016. The appointees were elected by the teaching profession and nominated by professional bodies in accordance with Teaching Council legislation.

With regard to bodies under the aegis of my Department, the information sought is a matter for each agency and is not collated centrally. If the Deputy has an interest in a particular agency, officials will request the agency concerned to provide the relevant information. The Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies outlines the responsibilities of state bodies with regard to procurement and the need to achieve value for money while conducting procurement exercises. The Department regularly updates the aegis bodies on developments in relation to public procurement policy and practices.

For the Deputy's information details of agencies under the remit of my Department can be downloaded from my Department's website.