Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 October 2016

Public Accounts Committee

2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Roll-out of the Public Services Card
Social Insurance Fund 2015

9:00 am

Photo of Catherine ConnollyCatherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

That has been outlined clearly in Ms O'Donoghue's opening statement. It was highlighted that the Department did not have a business plan, did not assess the risk, and did not assess the competency of the contractor to roll this out. Why was the project not re-tendered when all these problems emerged? Was that ever considered?

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