Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 February 2015
Public Accounts Committee
2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services
10:00 am
Ms Clare McGrath:
No, I do not believe it does. We have changed our methodologies on that. In the instance of art being allocated to occupiers of this building the Superintendent's office takes responsibility. We would not have previously had that be the case but would have relied on our own resources. With changes of Government, people decant and there are changes in where people are located. Things are boxed up and moved. A lot of the art has been located in boxes that were on the move
It is a considerable amount. Taking the Chairman's point, the Leinster House complex is not just this building, but all of the offices that attach to it. We will conduct a further survey, which we should do anyway, of the assets. As the Deputy mentioned, there is only one piece of art that is worth a substantial amount. Largely speaking, the value of the art is low, but that in itself is not a reason not to locate the missing pieces. I hope that this exercise will be completed during this summer.
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