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. Robert Watt:

I am not sure that is the case. I am not sure we have the evidence to back that up. There are many contracts - traditionally pure contracts - where we have a procurement process or planning issue which is challenged. In his report the Comptroller and Auditor General set out some high-profile issues. The one in relation to Grangegorman could have happened under any type of procurement contract and was not specific to PPP. However it was very high profile and it was disappointing the development was delayed for so long. People say that because there is more complexity in these types of contracts it leads to more litigation, but I do not know. I would not want to say because I am not quite sure we have the evidence to confirm what the Deputy suggests. Certainly they are more complex.

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