Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 16 May 2024

Public Accounts Committee

2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education

9:30 am

Mr. Hubert Loftus:

I am conscious there is a live dispute, so I need to be careful of what I say in the public domain, but I am also conscious of being accountable to the public accounts committee. The Deputy asked about normal security scenarios. The normal scenario involves a contractor going on-site. Whether it is a school or any other building, it is responsible for that site. It takes ownership and control of that site.