Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 November 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 45 - Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Financial Statements 2022: National Training Fund
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 19: National Training Fund
9:30 am
Dr. Colm O'Reardon:
As I understand it, there is a company called EduCampus, which is under the remit of the Department of Education. It supplies IT services to a range of education providers, including the higher education sector. A number of procurements took place under a procurement framework which had timed out. They were originally compliant with the framework but the framework had timed out and, therefore, they were deemed to be non-compliant. Because they were over the limit and referred to the third level sector, they appeared in our accounts. As I understand it, that problem is being addressed with the renewal of the framework.