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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: I thank committee members for their invitation. I am joined by members of the OPW management board and the OPW chairman, Mr. John Conlon, to discuss the 2025 Revised Estimates, Vote 13 - Office of Public Works. I look forward to engaging with the committee and working with members collaboratively and constructively over the course of the Government. This year, Exchequer funding of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: I have been in the Dáil on a number of occasions about this. I am happy to say that the Deloitte report provided us with the guidance to go forward and work collaboratively as an organisation. The appointment of the senior executive to the position gives me the confidence about smaller projects. Hands up, we did fall down on it, but I am happy to say, going forward, that we are...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: That is done, yes.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: Yes, they have been put in place. As I said to the Deputy, I work across the whole of the OPW. I work collectively with all the staff, no differently from the people here at the top table. I want to see delivery of value for money. In my time since I came in, working with the Minister, Deputy Jack Chambers, it has always been about value for money. That is what I am about and what I want...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: The modular units and the work around that came in almost on budget, not over it. Where it became complicated was with the site, the delivery of water, electricity and sewers. Some of these sites were in very poor locations and it took a lot of work and effort. We see that, only recently from the Minister for housing, houses are reaching nearly €1 million. If we were to build those...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: The associated costs played a huge part in the delivery of those units.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: I accept the point the Deputy makes but I have to say that I have heard the debate around many a table that modular homes were at a high price, but they have a 60-year lifespan. Some people talk about getting a modular home for €40,000 to €70,000, but they normally have a 20 or 30 year lifespan. The State went down the road of having a lifespan which I think makes it an asset....

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: Our team is growing and our people are on the ground throughout the country. We have quite a large number of staff, which takes up a lot of that.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: I will have to come back to the Deputy on that at a later date, if that is okay.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: If we did not build those flood relief measures, there would be damage, but by building those, we avoided that damage, which is significant.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: It is different schemes. I could talk to the Deputy about schemes up and down the country. Some of the schemes protect 700 or 800 homes. If that scheme was not in place, that is the total that would be damaged along with land banks and everything that goes with that. It is huge and has been successful in protecting homes, as we have done in the past and will do in the future. On the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: Yes.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: We are working with the Tánaiste and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. We are only starting to collaborate on the way forward on that. We work closely together. The money will be there when the time is right. It is all about working together to push that forward.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: Yes.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: That is the data centre in Backweston.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: It is whole-of-government. We all come together.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025.
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: No, I do not have the breakdown at this time.