Mairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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375. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of successful tenders above €10 million by domestically owned company and foreign-owned subsidiary, respectively, in tabular form. [19682/20]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Since 2015, my Department, through the Office of Government Procurement, has put in place 77 procurement solutions that have estimated values of over €10m. The majority of these solutions are framework agreements to be used by public service bodies from which contracts may subsequently be awarded. Framework agreements generally have a number of lots to facilitate access from a range of suppliers and to enable SMEs in particular to compete. Each framework agreement lot may also have multiple suppliers and some suppliers may be awarded a place on more than one lot and more than one framework. There are 811 suppliers who have been appointed under the 77 procurement solutions. These suppliers’ business locations, as registered on eTenders the national tendering platform, are set out in the table. 94% of the 811 suppliers are Irish registered businesses.