Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There is a question on request on the historic figures of the measured term contract by the OPW. These figures shed some light on what is increased reliance by the OPW on the outsourcing of work discussed at a previous meeting. Given the spend is multiples of the intended use, this probably serves as a warning to the Government and others that when we cut back on services to make the balance sheet look good in the first year, it can have implications.

The OPW will come back to us in the new year so it would be useful for us to make a query in the mean time if it can confirm that the contract for these historic years in their entirety relates to the same contractor, how long the measured term contract administrator has been in situand what the process for awarding the contract has been. I would like to follow up on that in January or February.