907. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide details of any public contracts in her Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the contractor, value of the contract and purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2042/25]

Procurement of goods and services in the Department are undertaken in accordance with the EU Procurement Directives. All preferred bidders are requested to provide information to facilitate online verification of their tax status prior to award of the contract.

Details of companies who do not pay tax in Ireland is not available in this Department, however all contracts awarded over €25,000 (ex. VAT) are published quarterly on Gov.ie (www.gov.ie/en/collection/6d4953-procurement-contracts-awarded/).