Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 March 2021

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)

Photo of Mick BarryMick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

The OPW obviously carries out cost-benefit analyses on any such schemes. The original benefit was estimated at €18 million, which was greater than the estimated cost of €12 million. The current estimated cost is well over the €18 million mark. It may possibly be the first time in the history of the OPW that the proposed cost of a scheme is greater than the estimated benefit. Will the Minister of State comment on that? Is he aware of any other such case?

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