Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 October 2020

Public Accounts Committee

2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills

4:30 pm

Photo of Colm BurkeColm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I accept that but I am looking for an explanation as to why there is such a variation in cost, with one project having an expenditure that went from €101 million to €220 million while the other went from €128 million to €187 million. Can I get an explanation of that huge variation? My second question was about engagement with contractors in regard to the refinancing of PPP projects. I know the Government has engaged on the restructuring of contracts worth some €70 billion in the past 24 months. Has that type of engagement occurred within the Department of Education and Skills?

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