James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)

It is also a fact that the building has been empty for 20 years because of an agreement that is not Mr. Conlon's fault but that his predecessors were involved in creating. We are all paying for it and the city is paying for it because nothing is happening. Everybody is paying for it. It is an absolute mess and we need to bring finality to it.

The bike shed was one of the worst moments in the history of the OPW. That has lasted and it has cut through. It has become an issue where even in High Court judges make comments like, "We don't want another OPW-style fiasco like the bike shed." Is the OPW moving beyond the bike shed culture? Can the OPW restore its reputation in terms of what it is delivering and what its obligations are? How does it do that? How is it going to change that perception, which is fundamental to how the public perceive how moneys are being spent not just by the OPW but right across government, and the OPW is at the centre of it?