Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 28 March 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed)

9:00 am

Mr. Mark Griffin:

One of the important elements, as mentioned by the Deputy and his colleagues on the committee on many occasions, is the public procurement process governing the value-for-money aspect. We went through public procurement and although it has been extended, we got legal advice on our authority to do it. We have particularly put the squeeze on the consultants at each stage and one of the big benefits for us is the level of control we expect in terms of what they will deliver. We are also working off 2014 rates and if anybody knows the consultancy business, the rates over the past number of years have gone through the roof. That is helpful. Nobody likes spending €25 million but it is a big project.

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