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:
We will engage with Kildare County Council as soon as we can and will work with it on this. I envisage that the public consultation will begin as early as possible next year. The first thing we need to do is have a good chat with the council. The synergy is there and there is great potential. I am very conscious of that. We have waited a long time for this day and we want to move forward. We have put some money into getting refurbishment and stabilisation works done at Donaghcumper House. We will move forward and we will consult widely, in conjunction with Kildare County Council. There is significant potential there and as much input from people as possible will build that potential further. As I said, the critical thing for us to do first is to engage with the council, and we will do so as early as possible next year.