Departmental Legal Cases

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 June 2016

Thursday, 16 June 2016

Ceisteanna (248)

Éamon Ó Cuív

Ceist:

248. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if legal issues have been raised with him in relation to the request for tender he issued on 23 May 2016 to award a concession services contract to a sole provider of identification tags for beef and dairy cattle; if he intends to defer this request for tender until the legal implications raised are fully examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16588/16]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

My Department has recently published a Request for Tenders (RFT) for the supply of bovine identification tags by a single supplier. The legal issues raised in relation to the RFT are being examined by my Department in consultation with its legal advisors. In the meantime, my Department has decided to extend the closing date for the receipt of tenders for a short period.