2026-05-20
9 officials
Politician(s) lobbied: Brian Stanley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mattie McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Dara Calleary (Minister), Department of Rural and Community Development; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jerry Buttimer (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development; John Clendennen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ruairí Ó Murchú (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; William Aird (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mattie McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Suspension of AFATS framework tender (2026) pending independent examination of procurement governance and conflict of interest concerns; confirmation of whether conflict of interest declarations were made before personnel with prior commercial relationships with Tunstall Emergency Response, including the Chief Officer of Age Friendly Ireland, evaluated the HAFH (2022) tender; and full disclosure of prior commercial relationships among personnel involved in designing and evaluating either tender.::Examination of undocumented supply of Tunstall Emergency Response devices including Pan-Pan GPS devices to older people and Age Friendly Ireland personnel outside any visible procurement process; examination of the lone worker tender (MH-CS-24-05) where no contract award notice was published.::Examination of the decision to engage Age Friendly Ireland / Meath County Council as contracting authority for the AFATS framework tender in light of the apparent conflicts of interest.
Methods: EmailMeetingPhone call
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Procurement governance and conflict of interest management arising from the prior career history of the Chief Officer of Age Friendly Ireland and a second individual with prior senior employment at Tunstall Emergency Response
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in connection with the AFATS framework tender (OJEU 209812-2026) and predecessor HAFH personal alarm tender (2021/2022-2026) won by Tunstall Emergency Response.