Council has concerns over procurement process of Irish Water

The issue of the procurement of services by Irish Water from outside the county and even further afield was raised by councillors at the annual budget meeting of Mayo County Council on Monday. County manager Peter Hynes told the meeting he also had concerns and would be expressing those to Irish Water. “There is a genuine issue and we have a concern in the whole issue of procurement, and that has only come to light in the last few weeks, and we will take that up in as far as we can in the regional channels. And it’s good to have good people in the regional offices from the local authority background who understand how these things work. We are not in total control of this situation and we can’t promise that it will change instantly, we share the views that are coming from the floor and we will feed them back into the system.”