Mairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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344. To ask the Minister for Health 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 his Department. [11182/21]

Mairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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345. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via negotiated procedure without prior publication by his Department, by goods and service type in tabular form. [11212/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 344 and 345 together.

A number of non-competitive contracts were required to be implemented as a direct response to the Covid-19 pandemic. EU Directives provide legitimate reasons for awarding contracts non-competitively, such as extreme urgency brought about by unforeseeable events.

Details of all contracts awarded by my Department during 2020 that exceed a value of €25,000 excluding VAT, and which were not subject to a competitive tendering process are currently being compiled as part of the Annual Return to the Comptroller and Auditor General in respect of Department of Finance Circular 40/2002.

The returns under this Circular for 2020 are required to be submitted to the Comptroller and Auditor General by 31 March 2021. This information is currently being collated and is not yet available.

Details in relation to contracts spend for 2021 will be addressed as part of the following Annual Return to the Comptroller and Auditor General.