Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 July 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education
2018 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Purchase of Sites for School Provision
2019 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Management of the Schools Estate

9:30 am

Photo of Matt CarthyMatt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That would be useful. When we deal with school applications for minor works or emergency works, my understanding is - I have lost the figure. Maybe the witnesses could direct me to the cost of those works annually.

It strikes me that those works are often school-led in the sense that a school will make an application to the Department, which generally takes quite a long time. Then there are the likes of windows and other works that would have a benefit in terms of energy savings but also just for the obvious reasons. Is it the case that the Department acts only at the behest of boards of management? If, for example, a board of management is not as robust in checking the quality of windows, is the Department not proactive in assessing the standard of buildings?

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