Beaumont hospital procurement irregularities exposed
The State's spending watchdog has exposed serious irregularities in the company accounts of Dublin's Beaumont hospital.
Comptroller and Auditor General John Purcell has informed the Dáil's Public Accounts Committee of payments sought for work not done, and the re-tendering for work already completed.
A spokesperson for the hospital has said new procedures are now in place to prevent any such incident reoccurring.
Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee is Michael Noonan.
“It has transpired that in the years 1999 to 2002 work was being assigned to just one contractor.”
“Some of the work was not being carried out at all and was being paid for and when they sought to correct this and involve other contractors in the tendering process it subsequently transpired that the tenders were from non-existent contractors.”
