Seanad debates
Tuesday, 13 June 2006
Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Committee Stage.
3:00 pm
Seán Power (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
The HSE had the job of recruiting a company to assist in the repayment scheme and it initiated a tendering process. That first tendering process was terminated because it felt it was not getting value for money. A second tendering process was advertised and a number of companies expressed interest. The HSE indicated that the second batch of tenders was much more competitive than the first. A figure of €50 million has been mentioned. This is a nice round figure and easy to remember, I suppose, but it is not going to be the colour of €50 million. The company has been picked and——
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