Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 June 2022

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

9:30 am

Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

My understanding from the evidence this morning was that the Department negotiated these and that these were the prices that were agreed. Potentially, if the Department is going out to tender, it may not want the amount as to how much it has been prepared to pay on a short-term basis. It may have an impact on the prices that will be offered subsequently.