Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 7 March 2012
81 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will list all public contracts awarded to and currently being undertaken by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13189/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe information sought by the Deputy is not recorded centrally for public contracts. Contracting authorities are currently only obliged to publish contract award notices on eTenders and the Official Journal of the EU (OJEU) for those contracts whose values exceed the EU thresholds. The current EU threshold for public works contracts is above €5 million; and for supplies and services above €130,000/€200,000 (Government Departments and Offices/Local and Regional Authorities and public bodies outside the Utilities sector). The majority of public contracts awarded fall below these thresholds and data on the companies to which they have been awarded are generally held only by the contracting authority concerned. In some cases contract award notices are published for contracts below these levels, although this is not obligatory. The National Procurement Service who administers the eTenders website www.etenders.ie has advised my Department that there is no evidence that any contracts have been awarded to the companies which are the subject of the Deputy’s question.
