Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 16 November 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management

9:30 am

Mr. David Moloney:

We would have been very engaged in discussions on MetroLink, which is a very large-scale project. We would have given views on that over the years and on the depth of the business case needed. At one point that would have been seen as delaying the project but what it did was give rise to a very comprehensive business case that very clearly articulated the financial risks. We discussed earlier the financial range involved and the unpredictability of a lot of the costs associated with MetroLink. That is a very large-scale project. We are in a better place than we were because we now have an external assurance process and a major project advisory group. These kinds of issues can be put to them, where there is a difference of view, to get an objective external view.

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