The Dáil's top official has said “a series of mistakes” were made in the €1.8m Oireachtas printing controversy, but said those mistakes were “human error”. According to documents sent by Mr Finnegan, to the PAC, construction costs associated with raising the ceiling have seen the figures inflated. Mr Finnegan, in his letter, has clarified that the cost of the basic printing press has not risen from its stated cost of €808,000. Mr Finnegan has sought to defend the spend of money on the Komori printer, purchased in 2019 to a Heidelberg Printer purchased in 2004 which cost €1.24m including VAT. “It should be noted that the Komori printing press is €246,000 cheaper than the Heidelberg printing press purchased in 2004,” he told the PAC.

Source: Irish Examiner December 11, 2019 13:41 UTC