Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 30 January 2014

Public Accounts Committee

2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Land Swap Arrangement in the Provision of Affordable Houses
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works

12:55 pm

Photo of John McGuinnessJohn McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My next question relates to the history of the OPW book. Will Ms McGrath supply a note on the cost to date of producing the book and where the value is being achieved in terms of that spend? Has the OPW now abandoned the project? I would also like to know how the procurement was done in respect of that process.

Deputy Connaughton asked about Garda stations. Will Ms McGrath provide a list of the stations that were sold, the price achieved in each case and the stations it is intended to sell? Will she also indicate the stations that were sold for community purposes?

In regard to State assets such as Kilkenny Castle, just to give an example, does the OPW list those sites and put a value opposite them for any purpose? If so, can we see it?

I understand the funding the OPW provides to local authorities for local flood relief projects and schemes is given by way of grants to individual authorities.

Who accounts for that? Is it the OPW or does it get lost in the local government audit?

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