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Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: Are there are a number of buildings and, if so, how many?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: Perhaps we might receive a breakdown.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: The figure for the Revenue Commissioners is €17.9 million. Does it also refer to rents?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: To enable me to understand it better, can we take the bigger figures and break them down for the properties on which the highest rents are paid. Are all of the leases in order? Are they for a period of 25 years or could we get out of them through get-out or break clauses?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: I understand that, but I am trying to understand the rent being paid by the State and to receive comfort that at some stage, if the OPW wanted to get out of a big lease and relocate to a cheaper property, it could be done. That is all I am asking.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: I want to get an idea of the properties involved and what is being leased.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: That information should be provided by every Department. A Department gives the OPW the brief for 100 employees and the OPW must deliver. The Department must account for the employees. Perhaps a question for each Accounting Officer in coming before the committee might be how many employees are involved, where they are located and whether there is value for money being achieved.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: In the context of all leases, are there properties that continue to be vacant and on which the OPW is continuing to pay rent?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: Therefore, there are no vacant properties.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: What about the HSE and other agencies?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: Is there a confidential recipient to whom it can be handed over?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: On the same point, we see reports on television about Cork city being flooded regularly. What is the up-to-date position on a flood relief scheme for Cork?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: Has an analysis been carried out and a list of works drawn up?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: As what stage is the process in terms of delivery?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: What roughly is the timeline for completion of the project, taking the process into account and given the complexity of the work involved?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: I understand that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: Is it the case that once a start has been made, it will be a work in progress and that the OPW will not give up until it is finished?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: I have one other question on the minor relief schemes operated by councils. It was outlined in an OPW report that during the extreme flooding in November 2009 and previous flood events drainage channels at this location had been blocked and that an issue had arisen with a bridge which had led to a house being flooded. The OPW carried out the report and described what was wrong at the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: Let me refer to the report again. It states clearly that the channels overflow onto private lands and the public road and ultimately cause flooding in a particular house. The council carried out work. According to the owner of the house, flooding continues to be a source of danger. In spite of the expert report, has someone looked at the issue to determine whether there is something that...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: Is there an interim measure between the major scheme Mr. Smyth outlined and-----