Roderick O Gormon has just admitted in the Dail that Aramark got the catering contract for Ukrainian refugees with no procurement process.
The same giant US food services company was paid €7.7 million for the operation of three direct provision centres.
This contract was subsequently deemed to have contravened procurement law.
Yet this government is again handing out contracts to Aramark without a procurement process.
Aramark have also a contract with the National Gallery of Ireland that has been worth €7.5 million over three years.
When some of the staff voiced concern, they were told to ‘think hard’ about it by Sean Rainbird, the gallery director. Artists who removed their paintings in protest were just ignored.
So why is Aramark being looked after? And why is it allowed to make huge profits on the back of refugees?
