Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 4 April 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality

9:00 am

Mr. Aidan O'Driscoll:

The enabling works, as far as I know, are substantially completed. The OPW is directly managing the project. On the procurement process for the main building, the tender commenced in January of this year and mechanical and electrical procurement followed in February. We are there now but I have to say to the Deputy that out of these tenders will come a bill and we have to see now if we can pay it, whether it can fit into the capital budget. That also has to be-----