Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 February 2022
Public Accounts Committee
2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters
9:30 am
Mr. Barry Kelly:
It would be typical in the course of a procurement process for all bidders to bear their own costs. It is also typical in a procurement process for the successful bidder to recoup those costs in the event of a successful bid. This was agreed as part of the overall financial model with the Minister.