Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 January 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Capital Supply Service and Purpose Report Bill 2023: Discussion

Dr. Ray Griffin:

It is the starting point of addressing it by making the data very clear at the end. It will enable other processes to happen. One of the hidden things which the Bill will do is that it will show the ordinary projects that go well and it will highlight best practice, because in many domains we have a very capable and muscular State which is able to do things really well. The fact our oversight is mainly by exception and mainly looks at those projects the Deputy has mentioned which go out of control means that we have very little to learn from those projects other than not to do them again. We can really learn, however, from the projects go very well. Because this Bill is offering the full dataset, it will enable that. Sunlight is the best disinfectant, and the fact everybody knows it will get out at the end means there will be better discipline along the way.

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