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

Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

It would depend on the nature of the work. In this instance, it was not software. Rather, it was a combination of coding and psychometrics, which was a unique skill set that was in considerable demand, given that everyone in the western world was trying to do the same thing. The companies that one might have turned to sooner, for example, those in our neighbouring jurisdiction, were all occupied doing the exact same work and there was no capacity. It was not just a coding piece of work. It was also psychometric-----

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