Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 October 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works

2:15 pm

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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As was outlined earlier, it is not the same thing to what it started out as being where the State was not going to cover the cost but it was going to be built as part of a development and was very much a Celtic tiger proposal. It is now double the size that it was originally intended to be. As this charity is making demands, the OPW is acceding to those demands and I cannot understand how the two, with two almost identical facilities, can be viable. I am also concerned about the location. It is mostly school bus tours which will be visiting the existing one. Where will that be accommodated? Is it in or around the National Concert Hall?