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:

That would not be unusual. We often have a tender 60% based on costs. I have no wish to keep coming back to Leinster House as if it was the most important project in Ireland, but it is a good example. Sometimes a critical or delicate project involves very fine conservation work that not everyone can do. Thus, there would be far higher emphasis on quality, experience and track record in that area in such a case. I do not know the exact figures off-hand. Generally, in my experience, cost would be in the order of 50% or above 50% and it would not be unusual for cost to be as high as 75%.