David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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929. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contracts his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department have with a company (details supplied) or its subsidiaries; the value of the contracts; the year in which the contracts were concluded; when the contracts will be up for renewal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46365/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that my Department has or had the following contracts with the company referenced in the question.

A contract valid from 1 September 2014 – 31 August 2018 for the provision of a service for the registration of bovine births, the issuing of bovine passports and the handling and processing of notifications in relation to farm to farm bovine movements and on-farm bovine deaths. The total value of this contract is approximately €20 million. A new public procurement competition (Request For Tenders) will be advertised for this service in 2018, well in advance of the expiry date of the existing contract and should be in place for 1^stSeptember 2018

A contract valid from 1 March 2014 – 28 February 2016, for the provision of a service for the handling, processing, verification and recording of pig movement notifications. The value of this contract was €320,000.  A further contract, for the same service is in place, valid from  1^stMarch 2016 to 28^thFebruary 2018. The total value of this contract is €320,000. It is anticipated that the need for the pig contract will continue post February 2018 and we are currently in the process of drafting an RFT for publication on e-tenders, in order to have a further contract in place by 1^stMarch 2018.  

In relation to the State Bodies under the aegis of this Department, the information requested is an operational matter for the State Bodies themselves.  Details of the dedicated email addresses for State Bodies is available for Oireachtas members through the Clerk of Dáil Éireann.