Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 27 November 2025

Public Accounts Committee

Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2024
Chapter 5 - Development of a Proposed National Science Centre
Chapter 6 - The OPW's Management of Office Accommodation

2:00 am

Mr. John Conlon:

We have not given it consideration to date. I understand this was discussed when Mr. Bernard Gloster, CEO of the HSE, was before the committee recently. The big issue from our perspective is that we have agreed a funding envelope for capital works for the next five years to do a lot of the work we want to do. We would like to do more but our NDP allocation is our NDP allocation. In my view, that particular property will require considerable investment and I am not sure where it would fit into the list of priorities we have. It is a very old property and, I agree, quite an historical one in a very good location. However, the amount of investment it would require probably would be an impediment to our giving it further consideration. I am being very candid and frank in saying that.

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