Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I look forward to seeing that guidance. I assume it will be published and made available to Members of the House because it is important in respect of accountability and transparency in State organisations, and governance, more generally. This morning, and during the past 24 hours, there was a separate matter to do with the public spending code - the outrageous overspend on an IT project in the Arts Council. It is symptomatic of a wider problem across the system. I do not want to feed into any kind of anti-public sector agenda out there. I would be the last person to do that. By and large, in the Minister of State's own Department, and in the OPW, it manages 2,500 properties. The organisation does a remarkably good job and has consistently done so over the years. However, there are issues in relation to the public spending code, compliance and governance as was highlighted by the outrageous situation in the Arts Council, which was overseen by the Department of arts. They have questions to answer as well.

The Minister of State mentioned in an article in the Mail on Sunday that, in his view, the OPW has a brand issue. What does he mean by that and how does he intend to-----

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