Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 April 2018
Public Accounts Committee
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality
9:00 am
Ms Oonagh McPhillips:
The decision taken subsequently was to try to reduce the exposure of the State as quickly as possible. When we discovered the mistake, we very quickly stopped paying for the lease, which obviously left us open to possible liability because we were involved in a legal contract, but we felt it was the best thing to do to reduce the liability of the State.