Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 11 October 2018
Public Accounts Committee
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza
9:00 am
Mr. Maurice Buckley:
I can only speak about our current work. My colleagues would confirm that any project we have that is worth over €20 million has a very thorough business case. We have introduced changes since that time. We have a very formal project procedure now through a mechanism called the project oversight group, which has very strict rules, not only covering the internal approval of projects but also the assignment of those projects to the different teams in the Office of Public Works, OPW, or externally. As a result of this report and our work over the last number of years - including a full competency and capability review since 2013 - many good new systems have been added within the OPW. I am confident that the current situation is very strong.
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