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
12:35 pm
Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Does the permission for that come under legislation? Ms McGrath has cited two Acts in documentation, the Commissioners of Public Works (Functions and Powers) Act 1996 and the State Authorities (Development and Management) Act 1993. What exactly do they provide for? Is there a broad provision that the OPW would act at the discretion of the Taoiseach when he orders it to? How does that work?