Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I agree it was complex. Clearly, over the years that complexity was not properly acknowledged through following good practice. However, in 2012, the Comptroller and Auditor General brought this issue to the authority's attention, but in 2013 there was the same lack of procedure in regard to the tender and no proper tender was sought. We are talking about over €100,000 in one case and over €500,000 in the other. Once the Comptroller and Auditor General brought the issue to the attention of the authority, it should have responded automatically so that he would not have to bring it to our attention now again in the 2013 report.