Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 March 2019

Public Accounts Committee

Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement

9:00 am

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

-----from Mr. Watt, despite his 18-page document. We do not know that if another children's hospital were to be built tomorrow, it would not go from costing €650 million to €2 billion. Are we looking at a project cost of €2 billion as suggested in the email? That is my difficulty. In the 18-page document, Mr. Watt mentions that a few reviews are under way. Again, it is noteworthy that he does not mention the children's hospital project or itemise what has been learned by his Department about how governance needs to be improved in the context of circulars. Mr. Watt stated that the Department is reviewing Ireland's capital management systems. Is that review being conducted by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, when did it start and when will it be completed? There is one more commitment on page 15 of the document. Mr. Watt stated that his Department would conduct a full assessment of cost estimation. Mr. Watt's opening statement contains those two promises. Have these reviews started and when will they be completed?

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