Departmental Contracts

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 July 2020

Tuesday, 21 July 2020

Ceisteanna (301)

Maurice Quinlivan

Ceist:

301. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the value of contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) and its subsidiaries by his Department and each body and local authority under his remit from 1 January 2016 to 14 July 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16832/20]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government

My Department has not undertaken any contracts with company in question from 1 January 2016 to 14 July 2020. It has however used its services on three individual occasions to provide refreshments at events. The total payments between July 2017 and February 2020 is €1,240.29.

Local Authorities are independent statutory bodies, with democratically elected councils and their own management system. I have no role in relation to individual decisions made by local authorities except in respect of matters where there may be specific statutory provision for a Ministerial role within my Department’s particular areas of responsibility.

The details requested in relation to bodies under the aegis of my Department are also a matter for the individual bodies concerned. Arrangements have been put in place by each agency to facilitate the provision of information by State bodies directly to members of the Oireachtas. The relevant contact email address for each agency, to which members may address queries, are set out in the following table:

Agency	Email address
An Bord Pleanála	[e-mail]
Ervia, Gas Networks Ireland	[e-mail]
Housing Finance Agency	[e-mail]
Housing Sustainable Communities Agency	[e-mail]
Irish Water	[e-mail]
Local Government Management Agency	[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]
Land Development Agency	[e-mail]
Office of the Planning Regulator	[e-mail]