Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 November 2020

Public Accounts Committee

2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works

4:30 pm

Mr. Maurice Buckley:

Absolutely. The final figure for Leinster House was €17.6 million. Leinster House was a bit of a trial. We used a different form of contract which worked very well. We are in discussions with the OGP about using that on a more widespread basis. The Deputy will have seen from the papers submitted that the very same issues arise in flood risk management. In some situations, for historic buildings in areas next to rivers, it is next to impossible to anticipate 100% of the complexities before a project starts. This has to be taken into account.