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
12:25 pm
Ms Clare McGrath:
What arises in the case of many historic buildings is that after a certain time we have to carry out infrastructure works. Incidentally, I am never funded sufficiently for preventative maintenance. We get a level. We are always trying to optimise that resource around the portfolio. In the case of the Áras in 2011-12 we undertook a capital project around rewiring. There were substantial issues with rewiring. That was a one-off project. Ongoing maintenance is at a level.