Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of contracts of €25,000 or more that have been awarded by her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department that were found to be non-compliant with procurement guidelines from 1 January 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37805/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The procurement of supplies and services is essential to support my Department and bodies under the aegis of my Department in providing high quality services to the public, in a cost effective and efficient manner.

The tables below set out details of contracts over €25,000 for my Department and those bodies under the aegis of my Department that were found to be non-compliant with procurement guidelines in 2019 and those that my Department consider to be non-compliant to date in 2020.

Details of the Department’s non-compliant procurements are published annually on the Comptroller and Auditor General’s website and details of the Citizens Information Board’s non-compliant procurements can be found in the Financial Statement of the Annual Report which is published annually on the Citizen Information Board’s website.

My Department and bodies under the aegis of my Department ensure that the corrective action is undertaken to make non-compliant contracts compliant in a timely manner.

Bodies under the aegis of my Department

The Pensions Authority, the Pensions Council, Citizens Information Board, Low Pay Commission and Social Welfare Tribunal had no non-compliant procurements in 2019. To date in 2020, The Pensions Council, Citizens Information Board, Low Pay Commission and Social Welfare Tribunal have had no procurements deemed to be non-compliant. The Pensions Authority have one which is listed in the table below.