Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 April 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion

Mr. Peter Walsh:

-----and there is a validity period required within the contract. For that contract, it was a validity period of six months, so the contractor was expected to hold it for at least six months. It took the six months to get approval through. From that point, the contractor needs to start the design.

Some years ago when we had a good pipeline of projects and we were turning them over more quickly, contractors were proceeding with the design at risk. Now our experience is that they start the design when they get the contract. One then has another period prior to purchasing any materials.

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