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Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: Can I ask how many of the 420 INTERREG projects would have come under the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: On how many of them would the Department have been a partner of DETI or some other body in Northern Ireland?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: Were they INTERREG projects?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: Were they not cross-Border projects? I thought all INTERREG projects were cross-Border projects.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: I mean that is the definition of INTERREG. It deals in cross-Border projects. It must have involved some linkage with the authorities in Northern Ireland.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: East-west is cross-Border as well.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: Rather than pursuing this point any longer, perhaps we could get a statement on all the projects under INTERREG III in which the Department was involved from 2000 to 2006.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: I am coming to Mr. Colgan.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: Can he be generally satisfied-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: Have any other whistleblowers come forward in relation to any of the programmes?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: The answer is "Yes".

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: Can Mr. Colgan give me an idea of the number of whistleblowers who have come forward?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: Can I go back to Bytel? How did the selection process take place? Was it put out to open tender? Did Bytel come forward? Did somebody select it?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: What other bodies or companies replied to the request for consideration?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: Was this a competitive tender?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: Does Mr. Griffin know how many companies were in competition with Bytel for this project?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: It would be particularly interesting to know, given that Bytel was rejected on appraisal in the first instance and it only narrowly succeeded the second time. Surely it would be interesting to know what other companies were there. Were they all rejected as well?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: It seems amazing that nobody with the required qualifications was interested in such a valuable contract, which was worth over €12 million. A company that had initially been rejected was brought on board again and barely met the requirements the second time around. It does not indicate that there were too many companies out there with the relevant skills.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: We will come to that. When Aurora Telecom came in, was that a major reason Bytel was successful?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: Aurora only lasted one month, from November to December 2004.