Aidan Farrelly (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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350. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has updated public procurement guidelines in the context of public bodies purchasing goods and/or services produced and or developed by Israeli companies. [51425/25]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Public Procurement is governed by EU legislation and national rules/guidelines. EU Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement (goods, services and works) has been transposed into Irish Law in the form of corresponding Regulations - S.I. No. 284/2016 - European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts). My Department has published the Public Procurement Guidelines for Goods and Services to provide a comprehensive interpretation of this legal code, to serve as national rules, and to improve consistency and promote best practice in the application of these rules.

The question raised by the Deputy concerns matters of international trade. Trade policy with any nation that is not an EU member state or part of the EEA is an exclusive EU competence under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and settled case law. As the Deputy is aware, my colleague, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, has responsibility in this area on a national level.