Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 12 February 2019

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)

Mr. Maurice Buckley:

When we are planning a project, it can take several years to complete owing to planning and procurement issues, etc. We try to estimate the cost as accurately as possible from the beginning. That estimate will become more precise as the contract nears procurement and in the placing of contracts. From the beginning-----