Written answers

Wednesday, 22 January 2025

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Departmental Contracts

Photo of Holly CairnsHolly Cairns (Cork South-West, Social Democrats)
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907. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection 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. [2042/25]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Procurement of goods and services in the Department are undertaken in accordance with the EU Procurement Directives. All preferred bidders are requested to provide information to facilitate online verification of their tax status prior to award of the contract.

Details of companies who do not pay tax in Ireland is not available in this Department, however all contracts awarded over €25,000 (ex. VAT) are published quarterly on Gov.ie ().

Photo of Holly CairnsHolly Cairns (Cork South-West, Social Democrats)
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908. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection 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. [2060/25]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Department of the Social Protection has held contracts with Abtran during the period in question and details as requested by the Deputy are set out below.

Company Contract Value (inc. VAT) Total Spend (inc. VAT) Purpose
Abtran €2,160,530 €2,283,388 Call Centre Services in support of water conservation grant
€171,000 €168,510 Call Centre Services in support of COVID-19
€171,000 €167,124 Call Centre Services for Pandemic Unemployment Payment
€4,000,000 €673,486 Contact Management and related administration services to enable the Department to respond in a fast, flexible and highly responsive way to surges in customer call volumes.

Information on contracts awarded by the Department over €25k are published every quarter on .

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