Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 March 2025
282. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Finance to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by his Department and its agencies, including spending on goods, services and works acquired through public procurement processes, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [13560/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe information sought by the Deputy is set out in the tables below. It was not possible for the Central Bank to provide a response to this question in the given timeframe and this body will provide a response directly to the Deputy. The remaining bodies under the aegis of my Department have provided the total expenditure on public procurement in the below tables.
It should be noted that the National Treasury Management Agency and the Home Building Finance Ireland have provided details of expenditure on public procurements in excess of €5,000, while the Department and the remaining bodies have provided details of expenditure on procurements advertised on eTenders (i.e. those exceeding the 25k/50k threshold).
Spend made under contracts awarded from OGP framework agreements or direct drawdowns is not included.
Total expenditure in each year on public procurement - All figures Ex VAT.
Department of Finance – Expenditure
|
2020 € |
2021 € |
2022 € |
2023 € |
2024 € |
|
620,327 |
696,195 |
2,691,324* |
1,191,351 |
1,002,411 |
* The reason for the higher expenditure incurred in 2022 was due to the fees incurred for advice received by the Department of Finance on PTSB’s acquisition of a portion of Ulster Bank’s loan book. It is important to note that the fees associated with this specific transaction were recoupable from PTSB so there was no cost to the State.
Department of Finance – Recoupments
Certain payments are subsequently recouped by the Department from the banking sector. The below sums were recouped during the years in question.
|
2020 € |
2021 € |
2022 € |
2023 € |
2024 € |
|
71,668 |
292,333 |
2,282,336 |
903,407 |
631,249 |
Credit Review Office
|
2020 € |
2021 € |
2022 € |
2023 € |
2024 € |
|
62,109 |
102,296 |
96,177 |
48,043 |
108,807 |
Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman
The FSPO has recently published its detailed 3-year Corporate Procurement Plan for 2025-2027: (www.fspo.ie/documents/FSPO-Corporate-Procurement-Plan-2025-2027.pdf). It provides a detailed Analysis of Expenditure subject to procurement segmented into categories. Please note a manual estimate was required to calculate the ex. VAT amount for the table below (as the FSPO’s data records are inclusive of VAT).
|
2020 € |
2021 € |
2022 € |
2023 € |
2024 € |
|
3,300,085 |
4,211,129 |
3,160,070 |
3,459,728 |
5,756,159 |
Home Building Finance Ireland (HBFI)
The spend includes goods, services and works acquired through public procurement processes where the value of the procurement was in excess of €5,000.
|
2020 € |
2021 € |
2022 € |
2023 € |
2024 € |
|
1,180,398 |
1,379,206 |
2,126,662 |
2,132,184 |
2,353,039 |
National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA)
The spend includes goods, services and works acquired through public procurement processes where the value of the procurement was in excess of €5,000. Spend in relation to contracts entered into by the NTMA (when acting as the State Claims Agency) in the performance of its statutory mandate in relation to claims management (such as medical and non-medical expert witness services and Barrister services) are not included in this response. Spend in relation to contracts entered into by the NTMA (when acting as the National Development Finance Agency) in the performance of its statutory mandate to procure, deliver and provide advice on public infrastructure projects on behalf of State Authorities are not included in this response.
|
2020 € |
2021 € |
2022 € |
2023 € |
2024 € |
|
27,492,311 |
22,487,958 |
23,715,798 |
26,383,348 |
33,609,509 |
Office of the Comptroller & Auditor General
There was no expenditure in 2023 & 2024 related to e-Tender competitions run directly by the Office.
|
2020 € |
2021 € |
2022 € |
2023 € |
2024 € |
|
105,526 |
330,709 |
34,459 |
0 |
0 |
Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Figures are based on total spend on contracts awarded from January 2020 to date following published procurement competitions.
|
2020 € |
2021 € |
2022 € |
2023 € |
2024 € |
|
509,824 |
43,387,677 |
41,457,493 |
50,563,116 |
55,288,971 |
Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI)
|
2020 € |
2021 € |
2022 € |
2023 € |
2024 € |
|
2,262,396 |
1,265,421 |
1,229,460 |
2,363,927 |
3,384,765 |
Tax Appeals Commission
The Tax Appeals Commission had no expenditure in 2020 from public procurement tenders advertised on eTenders.
|
2020 € |
2021 € |
2022 € |
2023 € |
2024 € |
|
- |
14,274 |
119,255 |
322,188 |
256,866 |
