Complaints over four school building projects

Four major school building projects have been examined this year for the Department of Education or by other state agencies over complaints about employment irregularities.

The complaints have been made through a system set up by the department last year to tackle issues and concerns about rates of pay, tax avoidance and other matters arising in relation to large schools and capital works it is funding.

In its nine months of operation last year, complaints were received in relation to 22 sites and 13 of those were subsequently audited for the Department of Education by its consultants Contractors Administration Services (CAS).