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Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: The witnesses are welcome. I will try to keep my questions short and the witnesses might try to keep their responses short.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: We have limited time. I wish to ask about the Dublin metropolitan Garda building. I pass it routinely and see a big hole in the ground and a great deal of activity. The project is budgeted to cost €80 million. Will Mr. Buckley provide us the latest estimates for cost and delivery time? The lease on Harcourt Square will expire at the end of 2022. Are there contingencies in place...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Does the contingency plan involve the same building?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: In that case, there would have to be two moves.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: How will any escalation in costs be handled? The work has effectively only just started. From what I have seen when I pass the site, a great deal of ground work is being done, but the cost has increased from €80 million to €86 million even though the development is not even above ground level yet.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Are there two contracts? Is there one across the road at Heuston Station?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Is that a separate contract?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Why is it not on the same site? Is it not possible to fit the development on the other site?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to ask about the Kevin Street divisional headquarters and the Galway regional headquarters. Both projects went to conciliation. Have those processes concluded and will Mr. Buckley provide us with a full update?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: How much was that payment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: When does the OPW expect that to conclude?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I met Mr. McMahon a number of times with the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission concerning Leinster House. A terrific job was done. What was the final cost? Where historical buildings are concerned, there is an issue with the tendering process and what can be provided for within contingencies. What was the original estimate and the final cost? As often happens with old buildings, many...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I was well aware of many things that were found. I refer to the contingency that is permitted in respect of historic buildings. It is limited, but at the same time there is a fault in how the OPE is permitted to tender. Has there been any engagement regarding changing the rules in respect of historical buildings?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: The witness might come back to me with the figure in regard to Kevin Street divisional headquarters. It is the question I asked in regard to conciliation. With regard to Fairgreen, in Galway, an internal 2018 report, one of Mr. Buckley's own reports, found that the agency overpaid by €1.4 million in buying the property in Fairgreen, in the city. The overspend appears to have been...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Mr. Buckley can come back to me with whatever is done on that. Regarding flood insurance, one that comes up repeatedly is that the OPW does work, it holds up and there is a problem with insurance. There is a memorandum of understanding entered into with the insurance sector. Mr. Buckley has it in his report here. The OPW is looking at the possibilities of further development of an...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I will ask, finally, about the catchment flood risk assessment and management, CFRAM, study, which obviously was a major study. It identified locations or at least where watercourses are. I certainly am repeatedly coming across people who live within a certain distance of a watercourse where they have never experienced flooding, some of them on a hillside. Is the OPW having any discussions...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Light Rail Projects (12 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 4. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to expand the DART+ programme beyond the plans announced in view of the fact that significant commuter populations are already living outside the geographical areas that will be provided for; if costings have been undertaken in respect of doubling rail lines west of Maynooth, County Kildare and south of Bray, County Wicklow, to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Light Rail Projects (12 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: The DART expansion is very welcome, but I am trying to find out whether there are plans beyond that because there are significant populations beyond the area that is due to be expanded. Indeed, they are not just along that line; they are along the Kildare line as well. For example, the combined population of Naas, Newbridge, Sallins and other towns is in excess of 60,000, which puts...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Light Rail Projects (12 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I will provide an example. Kilcock is not as far from the city centre as Balbriggan, and there can be a mindset in relation to counties and geography. The population there is growing. The turning circle is 450 m away from that town, and it would seem obvious that the doubling of the line there is going to be a prerequisite to ultimately delivering the electrification project. There is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Light Rail Projects (12 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: The strategic housing development at Woodbrook in Shankill will suck up some of the increased capacity. I understand the intention is to increase capacity but not frequency. In regard to costs, people living in Kilcock, for example, seeing that there is a much better service from Maynooth, will choose to drive there to access public transport. That puts pressure on car parking spaces...