Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)

I welcome the fact the Minister has sent the report to the Garda Síochána. However, the fact is that the chief executive officer of this port was the sole receiver of tenders into the hiring of a boat over a two-year period and which cost the port more than €100,000. The chief executive officer granted himself that tender. No tenders were produced from anyone else and no contracts existed. It is a shameful and disgraceful issue. What is the Minister doing to ensure this cannot occur in this company or in any other harbour authority? The best way would be to make all these harbour authority companies accountable to the Comptroller and Auditor General and the Committee of Public Accounts.

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