Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 February 2019

Public Accounts Committee

Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015

9:00 am

Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

Yes. Because we saw the settlement and the arbitration agreement resulting in additional expenditure, we wanted an explanation for the additional expenditure on that specific project. It is worth making the point that, according to the board minutes, there was discussion of the speeding up but there is no evidence that anyone considered that this could result in additional cost. That is an example of where, if information was not forthcoming that speeding it up will result in an additional cost, it would be perfectly reasonable for a board member to ask the board before agreeing to it whether the speeding up would have a cost implication. There are learning points on both sides.

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