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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 March 2026

Tuesday, 3 March 2026

Ceisteanna (391)

Albert Dolan

Ceist:

391. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment 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. [16584/26]

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Freagraí scríofa

I can confirm that my Department’s quarterly reports of procurement-related payments over €20,000 are published in Excel format since quarter two 2025.

As the reports originate in Excel, the data is already fully visible and validated prior to publication. Columns such as supplier names, descriptions, values, and other relevant fields are not truncated or obscured. A quality-assurance check is carried out to ensure that the relevant information is clearly displayed.

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