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

Photo of Richard Boyd BarrettRichard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

For the record, they are both on the Merrion Square side, as against the Kildare Street side.

I know the witnesses are just told what they are saying but it does not really add up to me. That is the point, particularly if there was going to be a very significant additional cost. Serious questions therefore must be asked about why the more expensive option was opted for, because I cannot see any possible security issues.

Very quickly, I seek advice from the Chair. We were supposed to discuss the children’s science museum, which is a very important issue. At least some of the people who have contacted us have suggested that this issue could be the bike shed multiplied by a hundred if we do not get it right. We are being left with very little time to address this. I am wondering what we should-----

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