Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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116. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number and value of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via negotiated procedure without prior publication in her Department. [11189/21]

Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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117. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via negotiated procedure without prior publication by her Department, by goods and service type in tabular form. [11218/21]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 116 and 117 together.

The information requested by the Deputy in respect of those procurement contracts entered into by my Department for Covid-19 related spending in 2020 and 2021 via negotiated procedure without prior publication, is set out in the table below. This procurement was necessitated to ensure the continued operational capability of the Department during the COVID-19 Pandemic, an event unforeseeable by the Department.