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 Kate O'ConnellKate O'Connell (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am trying to be helpful. We have had many meetings on this issue and constantly hear from people watching at home. For those people, the question is how we went from a cost of €650 million to €1.73 billion. We want the answer to that. Normal people at home who are building a shed, or whatever, with a budget of €650 have to build the shed for that amount because they do not have €700. For people at home, can Mr. O'Brien explain how we went from €650 million to €1.73 billion?

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