Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 January 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland

9:00 am

Mr. Nigel O'Neill:

Indeed. There is a strong commercial incentive for bidders who have not won a competition to judicially review a decision where they think they can get the decision overturned. It could well be worth their while. Large companies will have the balance sheet reserves in money to fund cases. The cost of a case is not typically an obstacle for them. Challenges in public procurement are becoming more frequent. We have seen delays in our sector and others because of challenges. By and large, the public authority has been vindicated at the end of the process.

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