Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 December 2015
317. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 1 December 2015, if she keeps a readily available breakdown of the amounts paid to companies contracted to run State-owned direct provision centres; the parliamentary and public oversight mechanisms in place to monitor these multi-million euro contracts; and her plans to remedy this situation. [44104/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraI refer the Deputy to my response to Parliamentary Question 105.
The Annual Reports 2007-2014 of the Reception & Integration Agency (RIA) provide a breakdown of yearly expenditure into the broad headings of 'Commercial', 'State-owned', 'Self-catering', 'Additional Costs', 'Transport' and 'Miscellaneous'. These Annual Reports are published on RIA's website - www.ria.gov.ie
Payments in respect of these contracts - as is the case of all payments made by my Department - are subject to oversight by senior management in RIA, the Department's Internal Audit Unit and the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG).
A Prior Indicative Notice (PIN) for an open competitive tender competition for the management and provision of services at State-owned centres was published on 15 October 2015. That competition is expected to begin in the near future. RIA is currently working with the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) on this matter. It would not be appropriate to publish any additional information that could compromise the integrity of that tendering process.
