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:

They definitely cannot be guessed. On that particular contract, and picking up on Deputy McGrath's earlier question, we are dealing with a very old building from the 1750s and it was always clear that there would be additional works or technical challenges as the project went on. A particular method has been worked out in detail that is very solid and gives us very good cost oversight and control as to how to deal with and include any element.