‘Very little documentation’ to justify continuing contract for IT services to Garda

There was “very little documentation” provided to justify continuing a multimillion-euro contract for the provision of IT services to An Garda Síochána, the Public Accounts Committee heard yesterday.

The contract in question, agreed with IT firm Accenture in 2009, was worth over €26m in 2016 alone — but should have been retendered within five years.

Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin, head of internal audit Niall Kelly, and other senior Garda representatives appeared before the PAC yesterday to discuss a report Mr Kelly completed last year which raised a number of concerns about the arrangement.