Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 November 2023
570. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his Department has any current contracts with any Israeli state agency, any Israeli-based company or any company based elsewhere in the world which is owned or part-owned by any Israeli state agency or by any Israeli-based company; and if so, the value of those contracts. [51047/23]
View answerMy Department does not have any contracts with any Israeli state agency. Regarding the other companies and agencies outlined in the question, there is no information held by the Department that could identify any such affiliations as there is no obligation on tenderers to disclose this information in a competitive tendering process.
My Department operates under the principle of competitive tendering for Government contracts for the acquisition of any goods or services. Central to these procedures is the requirement to allow fair competition between suppliers through the submission of tenders following advertising of the tender competition on the e-tenders site and on the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), where appropriate. Such tender competitions are open to any company or country, subject to the terms of all UN, OSCE and EU arms embargos or restrictions.
