Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 October 2013
Public Accounts Committee
Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed)
10:40 am
Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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I just wanted to put that on record.
There was the supply and installation as what is known as a rotogate in the president's office. I would not consider that necessarily to be of personal benefit to the president. That is clear. Rotogate is apparently a type of turnstile and security device. I am not sure whether it was to do with keeping people out or keeping the president in. A sales company supplying rotogate devices indicates it "provides a prestigious yet secure access control solution". Can Dr. Neavyn explain why the installation of a rotogate to the tune of €3,933 would have been needed in the president's office? That amount represented extravagant expenditure for a device of that nature.