Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 3 April 2014
Public Accounts Committee
2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 5 - Vote Budget Management
1:20 pm
Mr. Robert Watt:
I think the €96 million was spent over a long time. I do not know what the status of the project is. I do not know whether it is proceeding. There are mechanisms within the various Local Government Acts to review things that take place. It is possible for the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government or for Dublin City Council to initiate a review. There are existing mechanisms that can be instigated to look at spending and at what actually happened. I am not sure whether a decision has been taken not to proceed with the project. Perhaps it is still a possibility.