Marie Sherlock (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I have a question for the Chairman. One of the things that really strikes me is that he said he will commission an external auditor to inform or advise as to how value for money can better inform practices in the organisation. With respect to Mr. Conlon, the OPW's bread and butter is spending money on maintenance and capital projects. Mr. Conlon's background within the public service has been monitoring of how money is spent. Does he really need an external auditor to tell the organisation how to do its job? I hear what Mr. Conlon said in terms of putting in place the process with regard to the thresholds, as of yesterday. Going back to my earlier question, I do not hear how, with regard to the processes put in place for that type of project. If the cost came in for just under €200,000 today, it would probably still go through and that it still completely unacceptable.