Mairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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542. 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 her aegis, that were found to be non-compliant with procurement guidelines in 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the value and nature of the contract work carried out in each case; the year of each contract, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11384/21]

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 that were found to be non-compliant with procurement guidelines in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.

Details of my Department’s non-compliant procurements are published in the Appropriation Account annually on the Comptroller and Auditor General’s website.

Department of Social Protection

The Appropriation Account for 2020 is currently being prepared. These are the contracts that the Department deems at this time to be non-compliant for 2020 and 2021.

Bodies under the aegis of my Department

The Pensions Council, the Low Pay Commission and the Social Welfare Tribunal had no non-compliant contracts in 2018, 2019, 2020 or to date in 2021.

The Pensions Authority has had no non-compliant contracts in 2018, 2019 or to date in 2021. In 2020 there was one contract deemed to be non-compliant, which will be published in their Annual Report and Accounts for 2020. Details of the contract are provided in the table below.

The Citizens Information Board (CIB) has had no non-compliant contracts to date in 2021. The tables below set out details of contracts over €25,000 that were found to be non-compliant with procurement guidelines in 2018, 2019 and 2020. 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.

In the 2018 Financial Statements for CIB, expenditure on six contracts were deemed to be non-compliant. Details are as follows:

In the 2019 Financial Statement for CIB, expenditure on five contracts were deemed to be non-compliant. Details are as follows:

In the 2020 draft Financial Statements for CIB is currently being prepared. Expenditure on one contract is deemed to be non-compliant. Details are as follows:

My Department and bodies under the aegis of my Department ensure that the necessary work is undertaken to make non-compliant contracts compliant as soon as possible.