Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if framework-based procurement is included in her 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 her 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. [27016/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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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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285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of all framework agreements used by her Department or its agencies since 2022, by name and description of framework; if it was established by her 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. [27034/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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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.

The information in respect of aegis bodies, within the scope of the Deputy’s question, is not held by my Department. Contact details for these bodies are set out in the attached document should the Deputy wish to contact them directly with this query.

Contact E-Mail Addresses for State Bodies under the Remit of the Department of Education as at 16 May 2024

Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all drawdowns from frameworks by her 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. [27052/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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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.

The information in respect of aegis bodies, within the scope of the Deputy’s question, is not held by my Department. Contact details for these bodies are set out in the attached document should the Deputy wish to contact them directly with this query.

Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the use of centralised or sectoral procurement frameworks, to list the top ten frameworks, by value of payments drawn down in 2022,2023,2024, the associated category for example, temporary staff, consultancy and IT support, the value of payments per framework and any known framework expiry or extension in progress [27068/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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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.