The board of Iarnród Éireann will be updated on the status of the contract it has with Spanish group Indra which was hired to provide a rail traffic management system which was subsequently abandoned at a cost of €50m.
Iarnród Éireann said today its board would be informed about the “proposed way forward to deliver a necessary replacement to the existing signalling control system.”
It said this arose from “Indra’s failure to deliver a product fit and safe for deployment on our rail network.”
Today the Irish Times reported that Indra had been fired.
In July, Iarnród Éireann’s chief executive Mary Considine told the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee that it was “seeking to act in way that limits exposure” from the cost of the project with Indra.
Today Iarnród Éireann said it was engaging with the National Transport Authority on any required approvals to give effect to decisions in its role as approving authority.
The National Transport Authority has also commissioned an independent review of the commissioning of the rail traffic management system.