Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 November 2023
385. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if her 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. [51049/23]
View answerMy Department adheres to the principle of competitive tendering for Government contracts when acquiring goods and services. This is requirement of EU law in accordance with the EU Procurement Directives.
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 embargos or restrictions. There are no such restrictions or embargos in place on Israel or Israeli companies.
My Department’s records indicate there are no current contracts with Israel or Israeli-based firms. These records do not relate to the ownership or part ownership of suppliers and therefore it is not possible to determine if a supplier is based elsewhere in the world which may be owned or part-owned by any such agency or company.
