Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 June 2024

Public Accounts Committee

2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works

9:30 am

Photo of Marc Ó CathasaighMarc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

How can I adjudicate on the question of the value for money of what was built unless Mr. O'Connor can tell me, roughly, what it cost to build these units and what value, approximately, they would realise if there was an attempt to trade them? I acknowledge all the provisos concerning the free market not necessarily being the greatest judge of value and blah blah blah. How am I supposed to discharge my basic function here, in terms of evaluating the value for money achieved for the taxpayers, when Mr. O'Connor cannot tell me how much these units are worth?

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