Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to undertake a review of the Government form of construction contracts; when this review will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56736/12]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The public works contracts were introduced in February 2007 as part of the Construction Procurement Reform Initiative the objectives of which are to achieve greater cost certainty, better value for money and timely and more efficient delivery of projects.

At the time of their introduction an undertaking was given to review their performance at an appropriate stage. Consideration was given to a review in 2010 but at the time it was agreed that insufficient numbers of contracts had reached final account stage to provide material for a review.

I am satisfied that sufficient projects have now reached agreed final account stage to conduct a review of the performance of the contracts and, as part of an initial engagement, we propose to invite the various industry stakeholders to a meeting early in the New Year to consider the best means to conduct the review.