Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)
9:00 am
Mr. John McMahon:
I assume the Chairman is referring to the property maintenance area. We have been looking at alternative ways, given staffing restrictions, of doing things like securing buildings. There is an argument that engaging private sector security companies provides more flexibility as against having people based permanently at individual sites. That is an option we are considering on a case by case basis.