Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and value all procurement contracts that took place by way of negotiated procedure without prior publication in 2020 and to date in 2021; and the date, value and purpose of each negotiated procedure contract in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49740/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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My Department has used the Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication procedure for procurements on two separate occasions in 2020 and in 2021 as outlined in the table below.

The Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication is an exceptional procedure and can only be used in a limited number of defined circumstances as set out in Regulation 32 of the European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016. My Department obtained legal advices in advance of those procurements to ensure compliance with the Regulation.