Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of contracts of €25,000 or more that have been awarded by his Department or bodies under his aegis that were found to be non-compliant with procurement guidelines in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; the value and nature of the contact work carried out in each case; the year of each contract in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11387/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The Department ensures that there is an appropriate focus on good practice in purchasing and that procedures are in place to ensure compliance with all relevant guidelines. In 2018, the Department complied with the guidelines with the exception of one payment totalling €60,872 in respect of a contract above the €25,000 threshold held without a competitive process. This contract was listed in the Department’s annual return in respect of Circular 40/02 and published in the 2018 Appropriation Account which is available from the Comptroller and Auditor General here - .

In 2019 the Department complied with the guidelines with the exception of payments totalling €458,154 in respect of three contracts above the €25,000 threshold held without a competitive process. These contracts are listed in the Department’s annual return in respect of Circular 40/02 and are published in the 2019 Appropriation Account which is available from the Comptroller and Auditor General here -

The Department is in the process of compiling details of all procurements in the period January-December 2020 and this information will be published on the Departments website shortly. Non-compliant procurements in 2020 will be listed in the Department’s annual return in respect of Circular 40/02 and published in the 2020 Appropriation Account in the coming weeks.

Details of non-compliant procurements in 2021 will be published in the Appropriation Account in 2022.