Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 20 November 2025
Public Accounts Committee
Exceptional Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Francis Doherty:
Yes, exactly. When I became director of housing development, we had established a framework for architect-led design teams. I then went on to establish a framework through eTenders for contractors' capital expenditure work on homeless services.
We set up a panel for valuers in the Munster region. There was a journey that housing development was on. We would regularly use e-tenders. We would procure contractors for capital works that way-----