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

Photo of Catherine ConnollyCatherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

No, recalibrated in terms of the new measurements. I will go to paragraph 21. It is not the way Mr. Buckley is telling it; it was actually brought to his attention. If we look at paragraph 6.21, we can see that it was clearly brought to Mr. Buckley's attention. Paragraph 6.21 states that "in finalising the lease, the issue of the different measurement bases was considered." It states that before the lease was finalised, the Chief State Solicitor's Office requested the OPW to confirm with its in-house valuer whether the new measurement was the appropriate standard for measurement in this case. This is black and white. The paragraph goes on to state that the OPW then sought advice from one of its internal chartered surveyors who advised that if measurement under the new IPMS code resulted in a larger reported area, the OPW should ensure that the rate per m2 is recalibrated. Is that not right?

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