Barry Ward (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years, by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49608/25]

Barry Ward (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding any product or service that has been acquired by his Department from an Occupied Palestinian Territory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49626/25]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 97 and 98 together.

The Department does not have any record of any direct purchases of goods or services in Ireland from Israel or the Occupied Palestinian Territory over the past two years.

The acquisition of goods and services by my Department complies with all relevant legislation, including EU Directives, and with Office of Government Procurement (OGP) guidelines.

The Department publishes tenders on both the government procurement platform (e-Tenders website) and also on the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEC) site. In addition, the Department publishes details of procurement related payments for both frameworks and contracts over €20,000, on a quarterly basis at www.gov.ie/en/department-of-foreign-affairs/organisation-information/payments-over-20000/.

Procurement procedures are kept under constant review to ensure that they are line with best practice, guidance and the legal framework.