Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 29 November 2018

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

9:00 am

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We have the correct figures for our periodic report. It shows we are watching carefully. No. 1749 from the Higher Education Authority is dated 26 November and provides information requested for our forthcoming periodic report. It is a table relating to the Munster university costs. On the second page attached, it says the committee was looking for a breakdown of direct and indirect costs. There is further information on matching funds from the HEA contribution. That is fine. We sought that information but the HEA does not give us a detailed breakdown. It has just broken it down between direct and indirect costs. We have that figure in our periodic report which will be published next week.

No. 1750 from An Garda Síochána is dated 26 November and provides information requested by the committee on a response to queries regarding the ICT directorate payment process and the extension of a project agreement on 3 December 2014 for the provision of skilled resources. The information is included in our periodic report. We will note and publish this. The Garda provides a breakdown of all the different categories under the ICT contract. In particular, it says the approach allows for the current skilled resource contract to be broken into a number of manageable contracts and for better competition under the OGP ICT skilled resources framework. Rather than to have this one massive contract going to one company, it is now being broken down into manageable amounts that can be tendered separately. There will be a bit more competition and hopefully a better result. That is progress. As such, it was good to follow that and the Garda acknowledges that. We will note and publish that.

The next matter is correspondence C, which is from private individuals. The first, dated 20 November, is from a correspondent who makes a number of interesting points in relation to developments at the University of Limerick. I propose to note this for the time being. We may consider the points when we come to consider the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on UL and Sligo IT which was published a couple of days ago. We will discuss-----

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