Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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150. To ask the Taoiseach if there are any technical, legal, operational, or policy constraints preventing his Department, when publishing quarterly reports of payments or purchase orders over €20,000, from including additional columns that link each payment to its underlying procurement process specifically tender/contract title; name and address of the awarded contractor/supplier; contract award date; contract duration; expected contract value (excl. VAT); maximum contract value (excl. VAT); the unique identifier from the relevant contract award notice; and where such constraints exist, to provide details explaining his Department’s current process for reconciling each reported payment with the corresponding published contract award notice on eTenders. [55067/25]

Micheál Martin (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)
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Procurement within the Department of the Taoiseach is conducted in accordance with applicable EU and national regulations and Office of Government Procurement (OGP) guidelines and is subject to regular review and oversight. 

The Department of the Taoiseach is compliant with the requirement to publish quarterly reports with details of purchase orders with a value over €20,000, as set out in the 2011 Public Service Reform Plan.  The Department is committed to ongoing examination and review of publication practices to ensure compliance with all EU Open Data standards and requirements, while ensuring optimal resource allocation given the small size of the Department's Finance Unit.