Finance committee chair says CUH must 'come clean' about hire of PwC consultants

John McGuinness called for an investigation given the money paid to the private consultancy firm

John McGuinness: 'I think it’s for the Health Committee or PAC to investigate the procurement process, because of the amount of money that is involved and to determine if procurement was followed.' File picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

Cork University Hospital must "come clean" around why it has hired private consultancy firm PwC, the Dáil finance committee chair has said.

Fianna Fáil TD John McGuinness said: “I think it’s for the Health Committee or PAC [Public Accounts Committee] to investigate the procurement process, because of the amount of money that is involved and to determine if procurement was followed.”