Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 3 April 2014
Public Accounts Committee
2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 5 - Vote Budget Management
1:50 pm
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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I know if the people in the Public Gallery were in a position to speak, they would contest much of that.
This group of organisations, the Irish School Arts Supply Federation, ISASF, directly employs 1,600 people. It estimates it would cost the IDA approximately €21 million to find replacement jobs for that number of people. Outside of price and quality, which are legitimate measures, how are jobs measured in the broad scheme? All of us who have taken an interest in this issue were alarmed to hear that perhaps the procurement regime, the new office, was not terribly concerned about jobs or job retention. I hope I am wrong in having formed that impression and I hope Mr. Quinn can dispel it. The office does market research and looks for value for money and quality product, but it must also look to its starting point, who the players are and how many people they employ. How is that catered for?