Geological Survey of Ireland

Tuesday, 15 September 2020

Questions (163)

Matt Carthy

Question:

163. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks the cost of a survey (details supplied); the details of the contractual basis on which the programme operates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23847/20]

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Written answers

Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks

The Tellus Programme is undertaken by Geological Survey Ireland and is funded by my Department. All of the data from Tellus is made available free of charge online. The programme has an annual cost of €3.5m and expenditure by the state to end 2019 is €14.4m. A number of service providers support my Department in the delivery of the Tellus programme. Procurement of these services is carried out under normal Government procurement rules.

Further details are available at https://www.gsi.ie/en-ie/programmes-and-projects/tellus/Pages/default.aspx.