Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 October 2018
Public Accounts Committee
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Vote 11 - Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Collection of Pension Contributions due to the Exchequer
Chapter 3 - Control of Funding for Voted Public Services
Chapter 5 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Vote 11 - Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 95: Financial Reporting in the Public Sector
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 99: Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2015
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 100: Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2016
9:00 am
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source
I wish to ask questions on the cost of buying a building as opposed to renting it and the relationship of both of those. There was a sizeable public landbank, but I do not know whether this land was located in suitable locations. Location would have an impact in that building on it would probably be cheaper than buying it, given that the price of land would have had an impact on the cost. Has the Department given consideration in detail to that issue? It seems that we are spending an absolute fortune on leases. Last week we discussed the lease of a building for the Department of Health, which was a case in point.
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