Quality in Public Procurement (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2022-12-13
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Alice-Mary Higgins (IND), National University of Ireland

I move amendment No. 1:
In page 7, to delete lines 32 to 40, and in page 8, to delete lines 1 to 23 and substitute the following:
“Compliance with Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 and related matters
5. (1) Where, in performing its functions for the purposes of section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014, a public body within the meaning of section 2 of that Act is also a contracting authority under Public Authority Contracts Regulations, then—
(a) in addition to complying with paragraph (4) of Regulation 84 of those Regulations, it shall maintain documentation to record the manner in which it has complied with the said section 42 as if it were required to be included in that paragraph, and
(b) where appropriate, the other provisions of the said regulation 84 shall apply accordingly.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) but without prejudice to the reference in subsection (1) to functions, the documentation referred to in subsection (1) shall, in particular, record information on the preparation, allocation and granting of contracts governed by the Public Authority Contracts Regulations.
(3) For the purposes of the annual review by the Minister under section 7(2)(f), a contracting authority to which subsection (1) applies shall make a return to the Minister, within such time and in such form as he or she designates, in respect of the performance by the authority concerned of the matters to which those subsections relate during the period concerned.”.

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