Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department and any commercial or non-commercial State bodies and private entities subsidised by 50% or more of public funding under the aegis of her Department have implemented social clauses in their public procurement contracts in the past three years (details supplied); and if so, the nature of these social clauses. [39053/20]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is at an early stage of commencing an initiative to implement social and environmental clauses in public procurement contracts. My Department has made a commitment to secure social clauses within 10% of the Department’s procurement contracts within the lifetime of the upcoming strategy, which is from 2021 to 2023.

I have sought the information requested from agencies under the remit of my Department, and I will write directly to the Deputy with information relating to these agencies when received in line with standing orders.