Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 11 October 2018

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza

9:00 am

Photo of Jonathan O'BrienJonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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Yes, because without documentation, I cannot do my job. If Mr. Buckley could get that documentation for the committee, I am sure one of my colleagues will follow up on it before I get to come back in again.

The next area I want to look at relates to the identification by the Comptroller and Auditor General of at least one other case concerning leases. We know that in relation to Miesian Plaza, there was a difficulty with how the lease was calculated in terms of floor space and the State ended up paying €344,000 more than it should have. I will come back to that particular project shortly but the Comptroller and Auditor General also identifies at least one other case in Galway where something similar happened at a cost of €141,000. Are there any other cases of which Mr. Buckley is aware, of which the Comptroller and Auditor General and this committee is not aware, where the same thing has happened?