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

Mr. John Conlon:

This is a reactive contract. We react to requested works on a wide range of buildings across the country. That is sometimes hard to assess in advance, which is why it came in slightly above. It is also why we are now re-tendering. We will be putting in higher values with a better assessment of the works that we think will come at us over the next number of years. A lot of the buildings in Dublin are very old, and they can sometimes be more expensive.