Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 July 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Changes to Public Spending Code: Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Mr. Kevin Meaney:
Yes, for the preliminary business case stage and the pre-tender stage, as it was at the time, we replaced the technical review carried out by the Department with the external assurance process. In the circular released in March, we are retaining the external assurance process at the preliminary business case stage for major projects but at pre-tender stage the external assurance process requirement has been removed.