Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 March 2026
245. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide the web link to his Department’s Q4 2025 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements; the date on which this report was published; and if it has not yet been published, the planned publication date. [16563/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra246. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to confirm, in respect of his Department’s published quarterly reports of procurement-related payments or purchase orders over €20,000 (details supplied), where such reports are published in PDF format but originate from an Excel or similar spreadsheet file, that the underlying data was fully expanded and validated prior to conversion so that all columns including supplier names and descriptions are fully visible and readable in the published document; to clarify whether any quality assurance process is applied to ensure that data is not truncated or partially obscured in the PDF version; and where the source file exists in machine-readable format, whether his Department will make the original Excel or CSV file available alongside the PDF in the interest of transparency, accessibility and data re-use. [16580/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 245 and 246 together.
My Department is committed to promoting transparency and aligning with national and EU open data standards. Since Q2 2025 procurement-related quarterly reports of payments over €20,000 are published quarterly in arrears in both PDF and Excel formats on my Department's website.
The Q4 2025 report of payments over €20,000 is currently being prepared and it is anticipated that it will be completed and ready for publication by the end of March. As with previous reports, the underlying data will be fully expanded and validated prior to conversion to PDF format to ensure that all columns including supplier names and descriptions are fully visible and legible.
Details payments over €20,000 can be found: at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/department-of-climate-energy-and-the-environment/collections/payments-over-20000/#2025
