Grace Boland (Dublin Fingal West, Fine Gael)
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63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of tendered procurement in its annual accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31017/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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Procurement within the Department of Transport, is conducted in accordance with applicable EU and national regulations and Office of Government Procurement (OGP) guidance.

Government accounting procedures do not require reporting on framework-based procurement in annual Appropriation Accounts. However, procurement in my Department is subject to scrutiny by the Department's Internal Audit Unit and separately, all procurement by my Department is audited by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General each year.

Grace Boland (Dublin Fingal West, Fine Gael)
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64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department can provide contracts awarded via framework mini-competition, contracts awarded via direct drawdown from a framework without competition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31018/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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The Office of Government Procurement (OGP) publishes details of contracts awarded from OGP standalone and for mini-competitions on the gov.ie website at this location: www.gov.ie/en/office-of-government-procurement/collections/contract-awards-for-standalone-and-mini-competitions/.

My Department cannot provide contracts awarded for the provision of goods/services, as they are commercially sensitive.

Grace Boland (Dublin Fingal West, Fine Gael)
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65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a list of frameworks run independently by his Department versus those centrally established by the Office of Government Procurement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31019/25]

Grace Boland (Dublin Fingal West, Fine Gael)
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66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value of procurement for independent frameworks and those established by the Office of Government Procurement for the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31020/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 65 and 66 together.

I propose to respond to PQ 31019/25 and PQ 31020/25 together. My Department does not hold any independent Frameworks for the procurement of goods or services. My Department does not hold information on the overall value of Frameworks established by the OGP for the past 3 years.

Grace Boland (Dublin Fingal West, Fine Gael)
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67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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 Office of Government Procurement 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 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31021/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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My Department does not hold any current framework agreements however it is my Department's policy to use Office of Government Procurement (OGP) Frameworks where they are available and suitable to the requirement for the provision of goods/services.

In compliance with Circular 9/24 my Department is currently engaged in a review of its use of OGP Frameworks and will be reporting on same in respect of 2024 by the deadline of 1 July 2025. On the basis of information provided by the OGP regarding the use of Frameworks by my Department, the tables at the links below are in respect of the period 2022 - 2025. The tables provide a breakdown by year, source (direct drawdown, mini-competition), the sector, the framework including framework description and the value per year. Due to the file size, my office will send this information directly to the Deputy.

A summary is set out below:

Procurement by the bodies/agencies under the aegis of my Department is a matter for them directly and I have referred the Deputy's question to them for a direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within 10 working days.