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
Mr. John Conlon:
I did not use those words. The role of the OPW in this project is as the body that designs it, which we have done, does the procurement and oversees the building of it. In regard to the business itself, it is not for us to make an assessment as to whether it is a viable entity. That is for the Department that will end up funding it. From the perspective of the OPW Vote, we do not directly fund this type of development. It will be funded through whatever Department is responsible for it. We fund flooding works, our own office accommodation and heritage sites. We do not fund this type of development. I will not be assessing the business case for it.
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