Dáil Éireann Debate, Friday - 16 September 2016
60. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware that member companies of a consortium (details supplied) have allegedly been involved in serious financial fraud; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24855/16]
View answer61. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a full list of the members of a consortium (details supplied) which is currently contracted to operate the Garda Safety Camera Contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24856/16]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 60 and 61 together.
The current contract for the safety camera service is with Road Safety Operations Ireland Limited, a private limited company, trading as GoSafe. The members of the original consortium (now Road Safety Operations Ireland Limited) that tendered for the contract were Spectra, Egis Projects and Redflex Traffic Systems. The matter to which the Deputy refers concerns a person who was previously employed (but is no longer employed) by a different company within a commercial group of which an original member company of the consortium in question is also part. In the context of the issue raised by the Deputy, to the Contracting Authority's knowledge, neither the current service provider nor any of its sub-contractors have been the subject of conviction of bribery, fraud or corruption offences.
