Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 19 November 2015
Public Accounts Committee
2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 18 - Shared Services
Vote 41 - Office of Government Procurement
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 5 - Management of Government Grants
Chapter 6 - Payroll Accrual for National Accounts
Chapter 7 - National Lottery Fund
10:00 am
Mr. Paul Quinn:
No, I disagree. The category manager who led on this is well qualified both from a procurement perspective and had worked previously with the National Transport Authority in the procurement of various different services. There are matters of specification that come into play here but between the Office of Government Procurement and the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, there was good consultation with both the Commission for Aviation Regulation and the Irish Aviation Authority on all these matters. While some technical knowledge is required, this process has been run a number of times previously by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
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