Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 27 September 2012
Public Accounts Committee
Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits
12:50 pm
Mr. Tony McFeely:
There would normally be an expectation that public relations services, for example, would exceed the threshold of €25,000. When we went to tender towards the end of the former president's term of office, it resulted in the appointment of Carr Communications. At the same time, the existing providers continued to be contracted even though they were no longer part of that tender.