Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 29 September 2022
Public Accounts Committee
Business of Committee
9:30 am
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source
I wish to raise something that will be on next week's agenda. Maynooth University in my constituency levied students to construct some student buildings. A levy of €150 is a large imposition when someone is already paying a registration fee of €3,000. Yesterday, the university decided that it would have to cease building because it did not comply with the public spending code, being over 50% more expensive than the original tender. I believe it is at that point that building must stop. Perhaps we could seek some guidance on this matter. Is it something that the Comptroller and Auditor General has encountered previously?
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