Seanad debates
Tuesday, 13 June 2006
Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Committee Stage.
4:00 pm
Fergal Browne (Fine Gael)
Can I take it that under the two-year rule, the company awarded the contract must finish everything after two years? What happens if the work is not completed after two years? I put in an FOI request on this issue a month ago, but I have yet to receive any information on it. We are working in the dark and it is incredible how clandestine the operation has been. We do not know how much it costs and we do not know who got the tender after a 14-day process. We are led to believe that nobody has objected yet, but we do not know for sure. Will the Minister of State publish the documents in the interests of openness and transparency? He should give Members the information available so that we are in a better position to form an opinion. There is no point in asking this of the HSE because I will not get an answer, despite going down the FOI route. It is utterly frustrating as an Opposition spokesperson.
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