Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 July 2022
Public Accounts Committee
2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education
2018 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Purchase of Sites for School Provision
2019 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Management of the Schools Estate
9:30 am
Mr. Hubert Loftus:
The Deputy is correct that the situation is not unique but I would say it is very unusual. The issue there relates to the contractor. I suppose what one has with a contractor, and a tendering, is the contractor committing on a contractual duty to deliver a project to the standard required within a set timeframe and that was not being delivered. That would be the context for the termination there. To follow procurement rules, that requires a re-tendering and that is the issue that has led to the delay in this case.
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