Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 22 March 2018

Public Accounts Committee

2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships

9:00 am

Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

Yes. We had hoped to put the review in place earlier. We had actually started an internal process but we realised we needed an intense effort with outside assistance and at the same time we are dealing with a huge demographic bulge. We were very appreciative that while investment was cut across the board on the capital side in the downturn, we maintained a significant schools budget to deal with the additional places we needed, and we had to make sure we put the effort and energy into that. We would have wished to undertake the review quicker but we have not been able to, and we now have the arrangements in place to undertake the review. We have the oversight group in place and we are tendering for the review. The sort of people we-----

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