Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 September 2025
116. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide the web links to his Department’s Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 published reports of procurement-related payments or purchase orders over €20,000 (in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements); to confirm whether these reports have been published in full and are publicly accessible; and to state the planned publication date for the Q3 2025 report. [47733/25]
Amharc ar fhreagra117. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department will publish the procurement related payment reports (details supplied) in machine-readable formats such as CSV or excel on a quarterly basis, in line with open data standards; if not, the legal, technical, or operational constraints that prevent compliance with the requirement under S.I. No. 376/2021 to provide such documents in open, machine-readable formats for reuse; and the steps his Department has or plans to take to align its reporting practices with open data principles to improve accessibility, transparency, and re-use of this information by the public. [47752/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 116 and 117 together.
My Department is committed to promoting transparency and aligning with national and EU open data standards and will continue to review and enhance its publication practices to ensure compliance and accessibility for all users. In this context, from Quarter 2 2025 procurement-related quarterly payment reports over €20,000 will now be published in both PDF and Excel format on the Department's website.
Please find below the link to the Payments over €20,000 page, you will find the Quarter 1 report published in pdf format and Quarter 2 report published in both pdf and excel formats.
[www.gov.ie/en/department-of-climate-energy-and-the-environment/collections/payments-over-20000/#2025]
The Quarter 3 report is scheduled for publication by 30 November, 2025.
