OPW deals break EU rules - Report

Some of the contracts to provide services to the Office of Public Works for special EU meetings in Ireland have breached EU or Government procurement rules, according to a report in the Irish Times.

The paper says multiple breaches of the procurement guidelines are highlighted in a new report to the Minister of State for Finance, Tom Parlon, by the PricewaterhouseCoopers consultancy.

Separately, the report found that the business links of an OPW official with the managing director of a company that was the main supplier of audio-visual services to the OPW at Dublin Castle placed the official "in conflict with the interests of the OPW and was inconsistent with his official duties".