Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 May 2015
Public Accounts Committee
2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 8 - Operation of the Emergency Call Answering Service
10:00 am
John Perry (Sligo-North Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Is it a tax write-off or is it a depreciation allowance? In effect, is the investment funded by the State? When one takes account of the depreciation allowance, plus the allowance of 4.2%, in addition to the margin of 2.43%, it is a massive return based on the initial contract. We need to consider that at the time the contract was awarded none of the others who had submitted tenders had carried out sensitivity evaluations.