Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 November 2015

Public Accounts Committee

Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin

10:00 am

Mr. Noel Waters:

The original project was the subject of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General last year or the year before. It examined what happened in great detail. Essentially, the problem arose because the builder who was providing that project at the Casino in Marino went broke. It came down to that. We then had to move forward in those circumstances. If I may move on to the-----