Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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279. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide the web links to his Department’s Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 published reports of procurement-related payments or purchase orders over €20,000 (in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements); to confirm whether these reports have been published in full and are publicly accessible; and to state the planned publication date for the Q3 2025 report. [47738/25]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has published both Q1 and Q2 2025 reports of purchase orders over €20,000 in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements.

The web links to both reports are:

www.gov.ie/en/department-of-finance/publications/payments-to-suppliers-purchase-orders-over-20000-q1-2025/

www.gov.ie/en/department-of-finance/publications/payments-to-suppliers-purchase-orders-over-20000-q2-2025/

My Department endeavours to publish purchase orders quarterly reports within the first month of the following quarter.

Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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280. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will publish the procurement related payment reports (details supplied) in machine-readable formats such as CSV or excel on a quarterly basis, in line with open data standards; if not, the legal, technical, or operational constraints that prevent compliance with the requirement under S.I. No. 376/2021 to provide such documents in open, machine-readable formats for reuse; and the steps his Department has or plans to take to align its reporting practices with open data principles to improve accessibility, transparency, and re-use of this information by the public. [47757/25]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I would like to inform the Deputy that my Department has published the quarterly purchase orders reports for goods and services exceeding €20,000 in a CSV format in accordance with the requirements of S.I. 376/2021. The link to the published reports is included below.

My Department is committed to openness and transparency in all aspects of our work, and continues to review its practices to ensure it is compliant with relevant legislation including the Open Data Directive.