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 have written to the promoters asking them to step back from the legal context and to put the project more in a general Project Ireland 2040 context. It is very hard. Even if we do a cost-benefit analysis, it is very hard to do it in an objective way if, hanging over that process, is a commitment to build a building for €40 million. The project is a very good project. I am sure it should stand on its own merits. I am sure the promoters believe that. If that is the case, I am sure the Government will back it and it does not need a legal contract. I cannot imagine that people of that eminence who are good, solid citizens, would wish to pursue the project if it did not pass muster with the cost-benefit analysis and public spending code.

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