Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 March 2019
Public Accounts Committee
Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement
9:00 am
Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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My next question is for Mr. Watt. When reviews such as this are considered why does the State always go to the top four or five companies within the two canals when in-house expertise is available that is above reproach and that may, at a minimum, be able to do it as cheaply? One thing we are certain is the Comptroller and Auditor General's office has no commercial relationship with anybody and the public could have absolute confidence in the outcome.
In choosing PwC, was there a tender process?