Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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267. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the awards made, both with and without a tender process, to management consultancy firms by his Department, and bodies under the aegis of his Department, classed by firm, for each of the years 2020 to 2024, 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, [29229/24]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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My Department operates a devolved procurement function whereby each business unit and Office of the Department is responsible for the procurement of their own goods, services and related contracts, with corporate oversight via a Procurement Co-ordination Unit, headed at Principal Officer level.

The Offices of the Department include the Companies Registration Office (which incorporates the Registry of Friendly Societies and the Register of Beneficial Owners), the Intellectual Property Office of Ireland, the Labour Court and the Workplace Relations Commission.

With regard to awards made without holding a tender process, as the Deputy may be aware, under the terms of the Department of Finance Circular 40/2002, my Department, including the Offices, is required to provide an annual report to the Comptroller and Auditor General providing details of any contracts for goods or services valued at €25,000 or more (excluding VAT) that were awarded without first holding a competitive process i.e. obtaining quotations or advertising on eTenders, the Irish Government’s electronic tendering platform administered by the Office of Government Procurement.

In order to provide the Deputy with the information sought to the fullest extent it will not be possible to provide the details requested within the time-frame specified. These details will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible over the coming days.

Procurement and contracts entered into by the Agencies of my Department are a day-to-day matter for the Board and Chief Executive Officers of the Agencies, and also subject to annual examination by the Comptroller and Auditor General.