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)
Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
What it refers to is the refurbishment and fit-out of office accommodation. It includes cultural institutions, the building programmes for the Garda and Garda cell upgrades. The expenditure on Leinster House is a big one at almost €4 million. It also includes mechanical and electrical work. Deep retrofits were carried out in some cases. There was a boiler replacement programme. There is a €4 million programme for the Four Courts, the largest aspect of which is the dome replacement, costing €3.5 million. The sum of €9.7 million was allocated to cultural institutions in 2020 with an outturn of €15.5 million. The Garda building programme cost €10.5 million.
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