A Danish consultant has told the Moriarty Tribunal that security precautions during the State's competition for the second mobile phone licence were surprisingly lax.
In a written statement to the Tribunal, Michael Anderson, whose firm AMI was hired to assist in the competition, said they became greatly concerned when they heard that a representative of Denis O'Brien's consortium had been found in a room in the Department of Communications where he was not supposed to be.
Civil servant Martin Brennan oversaw the competition for the second mobile phone licence.
Today he listened as a written statement from the Danish consultant was read out.
However the Tribunal has warned that this document may have to be considered with caution because the man who wrote it is now refusing to co-operate with the inquiry.
Michael Anderson was also critical of the fact that the Irish Government contracted his firm for around 25% fewer services than was the norm in other jurisdictions. He said this led to a lower level of security.
But Mr Anderson said that apart from these considerations, the process was carried out in a correct manner and that the decision to choose Denis O'Brien's consortium was the right one.
