Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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The Office of Public Works commissions public buildings on the request of public bodies and on the request of Accounting Officers. In this case, the OPW commissioned the building of the Scott House at Military Road on the specification and request of An Garda Síochána at a particular point in time with the emphasis being placed on relocating all of the personnel on time and on budget from Harcourt Square in Harcourt Street, which we did. The project at Military Road is as per the design request that was given to us by An Garda Síochána at that particular time.

It is inevitable that there would be circumstances after the fact. This building is now open and operational. Naturally, we built a building that was set out to a specification and programme of works that was set out for us by An Garda Síochána at a particular point in time. That building now has been delivered. It is a building of 10,060 sq. m over four floors with 9,275 sq. m of basement car parking. Everything that we were asked to do by way of the specification from the Garda at the time of the commissioning of the building has been done. We are pleased with the outcome. It came in on time and on budget and has been handed over to the Garda, and is operational.