Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 June 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs

9:00 am

Dr. Fergal Lynch:

What happened was there was a negotiation with the providers, which covered that and a number of other areas. When the entire facility was being finished - and that happened over a period of time, as would be expected in a large programme of that kind - there were disputed amounts on both sides, and that was one of the disputed amounts that was included within it. Where the builders claimed their final amount, that was taken into account in the final settlement.

The Deputy referred to an underspend but I have not seen an underspend. Was he referring specifically to the capital cost?