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
Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I will come back to that, but I want to pick up on something in Mr. Buckley's opening statement. He said:
The Miesian Plaza project experienced problems, including the aforementioned programme overrun [which we are discussing] and an issue relating to the application of a new measurement standard [which we are also discussing].
He then said:
Although these issues serve to lessen the very significant value negotiated, the demonstrable benefits of the overall deal and groundbreaking business transformation outcomes significantly outweigh all other considerations.
Mr. Buckley can correct me if I am wrong but my reading of that is that we made mistakes but the overall benefits outweigh the mistakes. Is that what Mr. Buckley is saying to us?
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