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
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Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source
My final question relates to the Department's study on rents.
These studies are welcome but if they are done, the follow-up is essential. This paper clearly recommends a follow-up analysis of value for money as between renting and purchasing or whatever else. Tied with this is the Miesian Plaza, and the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on that outlined in very clear terms at paragraph 6.10:
It was noted that- There was no evidence of detailed consideration of other options - Miesian Plaza was identified as ‘virtually the only option’.
- No cost-effectiveness analysis or other economic appraisal was carried out - in particular, there was no consideration of lease, buy or build options.
- There was no evidence that the full costs of leasing Miesian Plaza were identified
It goes on. The witnesses come into this as that lease was approved. I put it to them at the beginning when I came in that they approved that lease.
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