Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the locations in which his Department gives approval for projects to go to tender and in which tender documents specify alternative evidence could be provided where a company turnover does not match that specified in the tender document in respect of the local authority housing construction programme that is directly funded by his Department; the evidence which is accepted by the contracting authority; if his attention has been drawn to the different levels of evidence accepted by different local authorities; the procedures in place to examine the alternative evidence provided under the tender documents in respect of projects which are funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29697/16]

Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will outline the position where his Department is funding local authority house building programmes, the required level of turnover that is specified in the tender documents relative to the estimated contract price by local authorities; the mechanisms in place to ensure there is a level of consistency in these matters throughout local authorities; if he is satisfied that where some local authorities have a much higher level of turnover required to participate in a tender process they are not excluding small and medium sized enterprises from participating in the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29698/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 231 and 232 together.

The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is responsible for national policy on public procurement, including construction procurement, and details in this regard can be found on www.constructionprocurement.gov.ie.

Issues in relation to the reform of public sector construction procurement, including issues relating to the national minimum turnover levels that tenderers must satisfy, are, therefore, a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.