Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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229. To ask the Minister for Finance the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by his Department and aegis bodies for each of the years 2018 to 2022 inclusive, in tabular form and classed by firm; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [10112/23]

Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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230. To ask the Minister for Finance the awards made both with and without a tender process to an organisation (details supplied) by his Department and aegis bodies for each of the years 2018 to 2022 inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [10130/23]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 229 and 230 together.

The ‘National Public Procurement Policy Framework’ issued by the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) in November 2019, sets out the procurement procedures to be followed by government departments and state bodies in accordance with EU rules and national guidelines.

In addition, my Department has its own internal policy and guidance documents to assist staff to comply with all procurement regulations.

Moreover, in compliance with ‘Department of Finance Circular 40/02’, my Department returns an annual report to the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), in respect of contracts valued €25,000 or more in aggregate (exclusive of VAT) that were undertaken by this Department without a competitive process.

No awards have been made to Microsoft by my Department in the years 2018 to 2022 inclusive. In general, Microsoft products are purchased from Microsoft resellers and are not purchased directly from Microsoft.

I have set out below details of the contracts awarded by my Department to the companies named by the Deputy. All of these contracts were awarded competitively.

In relation to the bodies under the aegis of my Department, it was not possible for Central Bank of Ireland, Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman, Home Building Finance Ireland, Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, National Asset Management Agency, National Treasury Management Agency, Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, the Office of the Controller & Auditor General, the Office of the Revenue Commissioners and the Tax Appeals Commission to provide the information sought in the time available and, therefore, I will make arrangements to provide the information in line with Standing Orders.

Details of the contracts awarded by the remaining bodies are set out in the attached table.