Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 3 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education

Mr. Hubert Loftus:

There was a voluntary element to the framework to which the Deputy referred. There were sort of ex gratiapayments made to deal with excessive inflation levels and managing and balancing those. Life has moved on in terms of the public works contract and those types of arrangements are now enhanced and more embedded in the updated public works contract. That particular ex gratiaframework was of its time, but if there is a particular issue in a school, we are happy to discuss that with the Deputy.