Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 April 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions

Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality

4:00 pm

Mr. Noel Dowling:

Our intention is to go for a tendering process. We have had initial legal discussions on how to do so. I must keep making the point that it is not a tender for a straightforward good. Account must be taken of the fact that people are in situand that they have established links in various communities, particularly in regard to education and health. As the Minister of State has said, in response to various parliamentary queries on the matter, there will be a tender process as a result of all of this. Even as things stand, we are not 100% sure as to what we will tender for. The working group may come up with recommendations which, in turn, have to be decided upon by Government. That may change the very nature of the requirements that we would approach the market for.

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