Public Procurement Contracts

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 March 2021

Wednesday, 3 March 2021

Questions (331)

Mairéad Farrell

Question:

331. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of contracts of €25,000 or more that have been awarded by his Department or bodies under his aegis that were found to be non-compliant with procurement guidelines in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; the value and nature of the contact work carried out in each case; the year of each contract in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11380/21]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

In accordance with Circular 40/2002, issued by the Department of Finance, my Department completes an annual return in respect of contracts above a €25,000 threshold which have been awarded without a competitive process. These returns are submitted annually to the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General as part of the Appropriation Account process. It is that Office which determines if any particular contract is non-compliant with procurement guidelines.

The return for 2018 contained 8 such contracts and details are provided in Table 1. Additional information in respect of these contracts is available in the published Appropriation Account at https://www.audit.gov.ie/en/find-report/publications/2019/vote-34-housing-planning-and-local-government.pdf.

The return for 2019 contained 9 such contracts and these are set out in the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 24 November 2020.

The 2020 and 2021 positions will not be known until the Appropriation Accounts for those years have been completed and reviewed by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Compliance with procurement guidelines by bodies under the aegis of my Department is the responsibility of those bodies. My Department does not hold that information. The bodies in question may be contacted directly by e-mail by members of the Oireachtas, as set out in the below table.

2018
Company	Nature of contract	Value (Exclusive of VAT)
G Fox	External legal drafting services	€35,000
Hackett Digital	Printing services and delivery for a nationwide public consultation	€67,481
Hackett Digital	Printing services and delivery for a nationwide public consultation	€28,950
KPMG	Financial advisory services	€180,000
Arthur Cox	Legal advisory services	€250,000
LS Catering	Catering services	€37,228
ISS Ireland Ltd.	Cleaning services	€28,600
Top Security Limited	Security services	€143,583

State Body	Contact E-mail Address
An Bord Pleanála	[e-mail]
An Fóram Uisce (the Water Forum)	[e-mail]
Docklands Oversight and Consultative Forum	[e-mail]
Ervia	[e-mail]
Gas Networks Ireland	[e-mail]
Heritage Council	[e-mail]
Housing Finance Agency	[e-mail]
Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency	[e-mail]
Irish Water	[e-mail]
Land Development Agency	[e-mail]
Local Government Management Agency	[e-mail]
National Oversight and Audit Commission	[e-mail]
National Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee	[e-mail]
Office of the Planning Regulator	[e-mail]
Ordnance Survey Ireland	[e-mail]
Property Registration Authority	[e-mail]
Pyrite Resolution Board	[e-mail]
Residential Tenancies Board	[e-mail]
Valuation Office	[e-mail]
Valuation Tribunal	[e-mail]
Water Advisory Body	[e-mail]
Waterways Ireland	[e-mail]

Question No. 332 answered with Question No. 317.