Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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809. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its annual accounts; if so, to distinguish between contracts awarded via framework mini-competition, contracts awarded via direct drawdown from a framework without competition and frameworks run independently by his Department versus those centrally established by the Office of Government Procurement; and to provide the value of procurement for each such category in the past three years. [27021/25]

James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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My Department is required to report on the extent of non-compliance with public procurement guidelines in its annual Appropriation Accounts. The reporting of framework-based procurement information does not fall under this requirement.

Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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810. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of all framework agreements used by his Department or its agencies since 2022, by name and description of framework; if it was established by his Department, the OGP, or another central/sectoral body; if it is a single-supplier or multi-supplier framework; if drawdowns required mini-competitions; and the total number of contracts and aggregate value of payments made under each framework agreement, by year. [27039/25]

James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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Officials in my Department have been in contact with the Deputy’s office and as agreed will collate the required information and forward to the Deputy directly.

Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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811. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all drawdowns from frameworks by his Department or its agencies from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024, valued over €25,000 were accompanied by publication of a contract award notice on the eTenders portal as required by Circular 05/2023; and if not, to list any known contracts where such publication did not occur and the reason. [27057/25]

James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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Officials in my Department have been in contact with the Deputy’s office and as agreed will collate the required information and forward to the Deputy directly.