Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 February 2015
Public Accounts Committee
2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services
10:00 am
Ms Clare McGrath:
No, we would not record that per se. However, when we conduct surveys on the estate in the context of rationalisation, we would have regard to the current occupancy. In respect of civil servants, for example, we would approach PeoplePoint which would provide us with the numbers. In the ordinary course, however, we would not be recording the numbers actually occupying a premises. We would be recording the places. Our work would be on the basis of a brief at the outset, outlining the requirements. In recent years, Civil Service numbers have reduced which is partly why we are in a position to surrender leases and to undertake rationalisation.