Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 May 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020

9:30 am

Photo of Paul McAuliffePaul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I think it is number two on the priority list. I will address one other point regarding the capital plan. There is funding for the Beaumont convent site. I was surprised to see that the site had been purchased because it had been zoned for housing by Dublin City Council. There is an issue with paying money for land that is not zoned for the possible intended purpose. Mr. Reid may think that permitted use is possible. Will he address why that site was purchased and whether, since there were many discussions about different valuations, he believes value for money was achieved with the site? Why did we purchase a site that was zoned for housing? Does that counteract the Government's intention to deliver supply?

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