Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 March 2019
Public Accounts Committee
Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement
9:00 am
Mr. Robert Watt:
In the spring of 2017, the Government approved an estimate of €980 million for construction, which has increased by approximately €400 million. The reasons have been set out in other committees and in public commentary and have been documented by the Secretary General of the Department of Health and the Minister.