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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 March 2026

Tuesday, 3 March 2026

Ceisteanna (303)

Albert Dolan

Ceist:

303. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Transport 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. [16595/26]

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Freagraí scríofa

I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department's quarterly reports on procurement-related purchase orders over €20,000 are generated from the relevant source data and are reviewed prior to publication. Where reports are converted from Excel or similar spreadsheet format to PDF, the data is fully expanded and validated in advance to ensure that all columns, including supplier names and descriptions, are clearly visible and readable in the published document.

A quality assurance process is applied prior to publication to ensure that no data is truncated or obscured in the PDF version.

The Department will consider the publication of machine-readable formats, such as Excel or CSV, alongside the PDF version, having regard to transparency, accessibility and data re-use.

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