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

Mr. Mark Griffin:

I accept that at a minimum the Department should have reported and made arrangements under the obligation set out in Circular 40/02. We did in relation to 2013. I believe one of the consultants was listed. I cannot honestly say why they were not listed in subsequent years. I accept from that perspective the Department was found wanting. As a matter of course, we have a good track record on tendering and procurement and we have put in place systems, as of last September, to make sure that issues in relation to-----

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