Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 March 2004
65 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Finance if the investigation being carried out on behalf of his Department into the circumstances in which contracts worth more than €800,000 were awarded by the Office of Pubic Works to a company whose managing director was a business associate of an OPW official has been concluded; the main findings of the investigation; if it is intended to publish the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8948/04]
View answerThe review being carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers on behalf of the Office of Public Works of the matter to which the Deputy refers is nearing completion and its report will be finalised shortly. The purpose of the examination is to establish, in so far as possible, the facts in regard to this matter. The figure of €800,000 mentioned by the Deputy refers to the total value of payments to the company in question over a nine year period from 1995 to date.
The report has been commissioned as an internal management document to assist me and the relevant senior officials in my office to ascertain the facts. As it is likely to contain information on the personal and private affairs of certain individuals, it is not my intention to make it available generally to the public. However, I will make public the main findings of the report.
