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 David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is very good. I come back to Mr. Watt's opening statement and his point that he is responsible for overseeing "the implementation of the National Development Plan within Project Ireland 2040, supporting value for money and protecting sustainable capital investment." Of those ten projects, the one which jumps out where there is a significant cost overrun is the national children's hospital. Did Mr. Watt's Department ensure we got value for money in that project? In doing so, have we protected sustainable capital investment? I ask that given that, of the ten projects, the children's hospital is the one where we now know there is a significant cost overrun.

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