Noel Rock (Dublin North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank all of the witnesses for their presentations and time and apologise for missing the first session.

I will approach this topic with my Committee of Public Accounts hat on. I hope my stance does not break up the positive tone of the presentations. I ask the witnesses not to take it personally if I assess the figures in an analytical way.

The IDA's metric claims that ConnectIreland has fulfilled 10% of the contract. Either witness can answer my question. Why would anyone renew under that basis? No other State contractor would be renewed with a 10% success rate. As per ConnectIreland's figures, it seems the company has had a 50% success rate over five years. Again, generally speaking, we would not renew State contracts with a 50% success rate either.