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:
The reason cost tends to be included at a high percentage is because cost is objective. It is made up of pounds, shillings and pence, or euro and cents. We can see exactly what it is. Once we start putting a high percentage on quality or prior experience and so on, we are getting into a more subjective area. If we are into more subjective evaluation, then unfortunately, we leave ourselves open to challenge.