Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 27 November 2025
Public Accounts Committee
Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2024
Chapter 5 - Development of a Proposed National Science Centre
Chapter 6 - The OPW's Management of Office Accommodation
2:00 am
Séamus McGrath (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)
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I understand that.
I need to move to some other items. Flooding is obviously one of the OPW's key roles. There was an underspend in 2024 of €7.8 million. The officials will appreciate how communities out there which are at risk of flooding might see this. Ballinhassig in County Cork is an example. It has flooded a number of times over the past 20 years. When people there see there is an underspend by the OPW on flood management, it is difficult for such communities to accept.