Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 2 June 2022
Public Accounts Committee
2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
9:30 am
Mr. Kevin McCarthy:
There would be pricing guidelines to adhere to when we are procuring accommodation. As I mentioned, of the contracts that were identified in the 40/02 return, a large portion of those would have been procured competitively through expressions of interest and so on, but even where there is directly negotiated procurement, as is necessary in terms of trying to add to capacity to meet the immediate demand, we operate to pricing guidelines. From that point of view, we would be satisfied that we are achieving value for money in terms of the overall accommodation market and what we are prepared to pay.
No comments