Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 30 January 2014
Public Accounts Committee
2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Land Swap Arrangement in the Provision of Affordable Houses
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
12:15 pm
Paul Connaughton (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Another area of responsibility for the Office of Public Works is flood risk management which is topical, considering the storms several weeks ago. The accounts state additional contractual payments were made on several flood relief schemes including Bray, Waterford and Fingal. The excess was funded through the funds from other OPW voted subheads. What were these contractual payments and why was there an increase in them?