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- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) John McGuinness: There were five tenders, one withdrawn.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) John McGuinness: There were four tenders left.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) John McGuinness: The OPW opted, presumably, for the lowest tender-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) John McGuinness: -----and then compared it to this Bruce Shaw handbook.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) John McGuinness: Then that gave the OPW its decision that it was within the norm of industry standards at that time and gave the OPW value for money. Is that right?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) John McGuinness: What happens then? It is a considerable amount of money to spend. Where does the authority come from within the OPW to spend it? What is the next step after someone carries out the analysis, looks at the lowest tender and decides it is within the guidelines? Who signs off on it? Where does it go to from there?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) John McGuinness: Did a principal officer sign off on the project?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) John McGuinness: That person would have the authority to do that and then the work would proceed.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) John McGuinness: I understand from your correspondence that a higher executive officer was also involved. That officer submitted a request to accept the lowest tender. To whom did he submit it?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) John McGuinness: It went from higher executive to assistant principal officer. Did it require ministerial approval on one or other side of the Department?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) John McGuinness: I want to go back to this date of 5 July. On that date, a message was sent to the OPW in the standard format to say that a decision had been taken by the other Department that the office was required. It went from that Department to planning and other stages. Prior to 11 July, notice was given that the office was for five civil servants and various survey drawings were submitted. I wish...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) John McGuinness: Is it fair to say that the OPW was like an independent Department in there? The chairman was her own independent Accounting Officer.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) John McGuinness: At that stage, it had its own line Minister.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) John McGuinness: However, it was subject to the Department of Finance. The OPW was within the Department of Finance and had its own independent Accounting Officer and line Minister. The OPW is now under the remit of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) John McGuinness: I am asking about how the Department of Finance was structured at the time.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) John McGuinness: And at the time, the OPW had its own line Minister.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) John McGuinness: The OPW was within the Department of Finance.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) John McGuinness: Therefore, at any stage, the line Minister or someone senior in this Department could have said "Yes" or "No" to the project. Depending on the outcome of the authority, the OPW had the authority to accept or reject it. Is that right?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) John McGuinness: The OPW has moved recently. What Department is it in now?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) John McGuinness: Mr. Watt is the Accounting Officer for the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.