Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of formalised contract reviews for large projects over €30 million by Department; and the number audited by his Department. [5311/08]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The responsibility for contract reviews for large projects over €30 million rests with the Sponsoring Department and I would refer the Deputy to the Departments concerned for further information. In relation to my Department, my Department does not have any capital projects over €30 million. The formalised contract reviews are liable to review by the Central Expenditure Evaluation Unit in my Department which may undertake direct spot checks of capital projects to verify compliance with the various aspects of the VFM framework. To date spot checks of 23 projects have been undertaken including 10 projects costing more than €30 million. Most of these spot checks focus on the appraisal or the appraisal and planning stages but two of the spot checks of major capital projects also covered issues relating to management and reporting of project implementation.