Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 October 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion

9:00 am

Photo of Eoin Ó BroinEoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This is a technical question as much to understand the logic of the value for money exercise as it is the Shanganagh site. The witnesses have to go through cost approvals on regular projects with a value for money exercise on anything over €20 million, then have to go out to the market, tender, and allow the market to set the prices for the build. It seems like the value for money exercise makes no sense in that there are already checks and balances on the cost of it. From Ms Keenan's understanding, what is the purpose or the logic of the value for money exercise? How much time does it add? If the value for money exercise in Shanganagh comes back to say that is fine and to go with the proposal from elected members and the witnesses, how much time has that added to the overall development timeframe? It seems unnecessary. I know Ms Keenan will not say she thinks it is unnecessary although I saw a glint in her eye as she told us how often she had to do it, so she probably thinks it is unnecessary.

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