Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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It talks about the value of the contract being €3 million per annum whereas the total amount ended up being €40 million, which is €10 million per annum or three times more. If a local group in my constituency in Donegal wants to buy a lawnmower to cut the grass out in front of a housing estate, it has to get three tenders. The OPW does not have to do that at all for a bike shed because it can do it under this contract. The OPW had the option to put this work out to tender and it decided not to. Does the OPW regret the fact this was not the case?