Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 11 November 2021
Public Accounts Committee
2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport
Chapter 5 - Expenditure on Night Vision Imaging Technology and Training for Search and Rescue
Special Report 113 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Procurement of Vehicles by the Irish Coast Guard
9:30 am
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source
That is fine. I want to move on to another issue. Ten minutes is far too short for all I want to ask. KPMG prepared a detailed appraisal or business case for the Department on the new search and rescue service from CHC Ireland, which will run until 2024 or 2025. There is an extension involved. A formal procurement process for the new Coast Guard aviation service was due to commence in October. Did it commence and has it been initiated? Will our guests provide the committee with the business case? CHC Helicopter, the parent of company of CHC Ireland, is a client of KPMG. What assurances or declarations were required of, or made by, the company ahead of or during the appraisal and development of the business case?
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