Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 February 2023

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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That is fine. Regarding the OPW, the purpose of this meeting is to deal with the Estimates and so we are dealing with numbers and the expenditure for the OPW buildings. It is not a sidewinder to ask the Minister of State for actual numbers. This is what this whole process is about. I understand if he does not have the number in front of him. That is okay.

In relation to the OPW building, what had to be been done to accommodate the other gardaí who cannot be accommodated in the headquarters that were built too small? What other buildings have been rented? Is it just one?