Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

This is a fairly significant letter in regard to the Office of Public Works, OPW, from a former valuer who worked in the OPW. As I said in private session, I have spoken and met with the individual. I believe the issues he has brought forward in this letter are very serious. We are meeting with the OPW next week and can go through the different issues, particularly those highlighted by the Comptroller and Auditor General. Further to that, at a later date, as a committee, we should meet with this individual. We will take advice on whether that will be a public or, potentially, a private meeting to go through his correspondence and his backup documentation, some of which I have seen, in regard to what he has brought forward. Very serious issues are being brought forward by this individual, who has just retired from the OPW as its most senior valuer.