Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 26 November 2025
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
2:00 am
Colm Burke (Cork North-Central, Fine Gael)
I wish to refer to the issue of the increase for the OPW of €29.064 million, representing an increase of 8.8%. I fully accept what the Minister of State says about accelerating key capital projects, but what is the real cost increase owing to construction inflation? There is no breakdown. The Minister of State referred to accelerating capital projects, but what percentage relates to acceleration and what percentage relates to inflation or additional works that are required to be carried out? The cost of the Glashboy flood relief scheme, for example, is now nearly three times what it was originally. In fairness, that is because additional work had to be done, which I fully understand, but I am wondering whether there is any breakdown in relation to the approximately €29 million.
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