Departmental Contracts

Tuesday, 14 October 2025

Ceisteanna (183)

Albert Dolan

Ceist:

183. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if there are any technical, legal, operational, or policy constraints preventing his Department, when publishing quarterly reports of payments or purchase orders over €20,000, from including additional columns that link each payment to its underlying procurement process specifically tender/contract title; name and address of the awarded contractor/supplier; contract award date; contract duration; expected contract value (excl. VAT); maximum contract value (excl. VAT); the unique identifier from the relevant contract award notice; and where such constraints exist, to provide details explaining his Department’s current process for reconciling each reported payment with the corresponding published contract award notice on eTenders. [55053/25]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment

The Department's current Financial Management System does not support the level of functionality proposed by the Deputy.

Contract management is devolved to the functional area with responsibility for the day to day management of its own contracts. This includes contract delivery, financial management and ensuring payments are in line with the contract value. In addition, my Department records details of contracts over €5,000 on a digital register which is centrally operated and maintained. These details are circulated to relevant managers to ensure that payments against each contract are in accordance with the contract value.