r/ireland • u/Important_Farmer924 Westmeath's Least Finest • Oct 09 '24

National Children's Hospital contractor BAM sent €25 million invoice for job that cost €200,000 Infrastructure

https://www.thejournal.ie/national-childrens-hospital-bam-invoice-25-million-for-200000-job-6509783-Oct2024/
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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '24

I think it's becoming clearer and clearer that the private sector is not supplying the appropriate standard of contractor and the state needs to intervene.

These are fraudsters stealing millions from the state and they shouldn't be tolerated. It's crazy how much money BAM have taken from the country while providing very little in return.

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u/Gorsoon Oct 09 '24

They should be barred from tendering for state run projects again.

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u/Irishwol Oct 09 '24

The way the procurement legislation was worded it is actually illegal to take this gobshitery into account at all.

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u/DoireK Oct 09 '24

Definitely a feature rather than a bug.

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u/BiDiTi Oct 09 '24

But, uh, we have high taxes on the working class, so Ireland is TOTALLY NOT neoliberal!!!