Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 22 February 2018
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
9:30 am
Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source
I will briefly mention some of the issues that were raised last week. The chief executive officer was appointed without open competition. Questions were asked about whether the tenders and contracts that were awarded met public procurement requirements. Benefacts is not covered by the 2016 code of governance. I will not take up the time of the committee by mentioning the other queries that were raised. They are all on the record. The Chairman of the joint committee is waiting for responses to questions asked at last week's meeting. Is it the case that the Minister has no issues with the various matters that were raised, such as how Benefacts spends money, how people are appointed, how it is audited, how the audit works, its code of governance and its funding?
Are there no issues whatsoever?
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