Holly Cairns (Cork South-West, Social Democrats)
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703. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide details of any public contracts in her Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the contractor, value of the contract and purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2044/25]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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In accordance with the Directive on Public Procurement and the European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016, the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media follows the principle of competitive tendering for Government contracts for the acquisition of goods and services.

In order to allow fair competition between suppliers it is open to companies and individuals who are tax resident outside of Ireland to participate in tender competitions. Successful tenderers are required to comply with all EU and domestic tax laws for the duration of a contract.

For the processing of payments, payees must be tax compliant and must supply an address and a Tax Registration Number. However, these details do not provide information relating to the tax residency of suppliers.

As such, I wish to advise the Deputy that the details sought are not available.

Holly Cairns (Cork South-West, Social Democrats)
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704. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide details of any public contracts issued to a company (details supplied) over the last 10 years, including the value of the contract and the purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2062/25]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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My Department in its current configuration was established in September 2020. I am advised that my Department has not entered into any contracts with the companies in question in the period since its establishment and to the present date.