Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 October 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

2013 Allocations for Public Expenditure - Office of Public Works: Discussion with Minister of State

4:15 pm

Photo of Brian HayesBrian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Sorry, it is HR, payroll, pensions and banking; the first four areas of shared service. The office of the future is the open plan office as one would see in any private sector entity. To do that, new buildings are needed and we need to move away from the obsession that some people have with cellular offices. Including Deputies, it might be a good idea if we all worked in a shared environment.