Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht
Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works
3:10 pm
Noel Coonan (Tipperary North, Fine Gael)
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Why was commencement of the scheme announced in 2011? An engineer from the OPW, Mr. Michael Collins, appeared before the committee and answered questions on the matter. There was then a public consultation process and the scheme was developed and announced. Mr. Collins stated that the scheme would be commenced and would be done by direct labour. Surely, the OPW knew at that stage about the elements to which Mr. Smyth refers.