Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I accept that clarification from the Comptroller and Auditor General, which is useful. Regarding matters to do with public procurement, I note from the associated documentation provided to the committee - I refer to point No. 2 on page 21 - that in regard to procurement the witnesses want to draw our attention to the fact that the authority delayed procurement of some services in 2011 and that the bottom line was that because of the nature of the issues the authority had to deal with, and that it appeared the authority, even at that stage, would no longer exist in its current structure, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform agreed to roll over two particular contracts. Those contracts were in regard to financial services advice and IT.