Written answers
Tuesday, 14 October 2025
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Departmental Contracts
Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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382. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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. [55064/25]
Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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In line with Circular 05/2023 (Initiatives to assist SMEs in Public Procurement), contracting authorities are required to publish contract award information for all procurements over €25,000 (exclusive of VAT), including any contract awarded under a Framework Agreement, on the eTenders website on completion of the award whether the procurement was advertised on eTenders or not. For tenders above the relevant EU thresholds, a Contract Award Notice must be published. For tenders between €25,000 (exclusive of VAT) and the EU thresholds, a separate notice on eTenders is created. Detail of such contracts are available on the eTenders platform.
In relation to linking each payment to its underlying procurement process, including the details as set out by the Deputy, the Department is constrained by the technical specifications and functionality of the financial management software it utilises. The system in its current format does not have the functionality to link to eTenders and the underlying procurement details. Payments are reconciled against contracts generated on the financial management system and the Department manages and maintains an internal contracts register where public procurement information is noted and maintained in line with the Department’s Internal Procurement Policy.
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