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. John Sydenham:

We do, and we will always make a case. In terms of the Estimates process, we will ask for substantially more than is actually given to us but even in the justice sector there is a huge number of developments including a new forensic science laboratory and other major developments. There is €100 million gone on three major regional Garda centres - Kevin Street, Wexford and Galway. There is huge investment, but it is a finite pool. Anyone of us would say that if we could get money - and this also relates to the previous Deputy's questioning - it would colour our decisions on whether to lease or construct new facilities. The key issue with Military Road is that while, yes, we can meet the demands of An Garda Síochána, we are capped at €80 million.

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