Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 15 December 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin

9:30 am

Mr. Jim Casey:

The Bridgetown event last Christmas was the result of very intense and extreme rainfall. It was of a nature that is almost impossible to predict given its convective nature. High-intensity events of short duration can happen. Tragically, there was a loss of life there and our sympathies go out to the family of Billy Kinsella and his work colleagues at Wexford County Council.