Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 16 September 2021

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE

9:30 am

Mr. Stephen Mulvany:

We would not accept that complaint. There can always be individual examples of where people were not happy with the input they were able to provide. We and our procurement teams put a lot of effort into involving experts, including local experts where we can, particularly in respect of the specification process and in respect of the evaluation process of the tenders. Taking the example of the financial system, which I was closely involved with, we absolutely are continuing to involve local financial and procurement people in specifying and evaluating.