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
Kate O'Connell (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
Mr. O'Brien's expertise is that he is an architect. I have just looked up his profile. His experience is in social housing and urban regeneration. I have an interest in architecture; it is one of the things I read about. We have heard and argued here about the cost difference in building a house compared to a project like the children's hospital. We are not building houses so I throw that back at Mr. O'Brien. Perhaps I missed something in his profile, but where is his expertise in delivering large projects? Perhaps I am wrong and I missed a massive chunk of his CV, but I see no expertise in delivering large infrastructural projects.
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