Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 30 March 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Business of Committee
9:30 am
Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Yes. I think at the time the principal was quoted in the newspaper remarking on how quickly it had been built in the space of a few weeks. The Dublin Inquirer had a very good article about it in 2017. In some sense, the City of Dublin Education and Training Board is not the victim, but it is certainly not the cause. I am reluctant to bring its representatives before the committee to be the centre of a Committee of Public Accounts hearing. We need to hear from the Office of Public Works, the Department of Education or the City of Dublin Education and Training Board about what the coordinated response is. I will put pressure on them to provide more information. I have approached this gingerly by way of correspondence but it needs to be escalated to a hearing.