Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Engagement with Office of Public Works
1:30 pm
Mr. John Conlon:
I do not believe that it is given the significant security dimensions to it and the security elements of it, which were very costly. Mechanical electrical security systems cannot be done to the dimension required without considerable investment. It is not just the hub. The hub ties into a control system across the whole campus. There has been a lot of routing and that kind of work which is quite hidden - you do not see it by looking at the pavilion itself - as well as significant underground works that took place. Significant networking arose in that project in the Leinster House-Government Buildings campus, including power communications, security and CCTV systems. It is not just what we see when we look at the south gate. There is far more to that project than meets the eye. It was a completely different project and I want to emphasise that point.
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