Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 28 January 2016

Public Accounts Committee

2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 13 - The Development of Eircode, the National Postcode System

10:00 am

Photo of Patrick O'DonovanPatrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

He was appointed without competitive tendering. Given that he had a background in procurement, should he not have said, as a person who was getting in excess of €30,000 that there might be a problem and that the Department might be better off advertising for his services?

Consultant E was the legal firm. What was the legal firm and had it done work previously for the Department?

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