Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 27 November 2014
Public Accounts Committee
Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon
12:00 pm
Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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Then, in 2005 the organisation decided to proceed to put a cap on the amount of money that it would use. The cap was €1.4 million on the purchase of a site. Greenpark was valued at €2.2 million. Of the face of it, it appeared to be a better site given its strategic location. It was on the site of the old racecourse and within in the bounds of the city. It is a good location. Why was that site not pursued at the time?