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Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: From the point of view of the taxpayer and the State's investment - I am not saying it is a bad idea, I am just trying to flesh out whether it is a good idea or not for €70 million - have there been projections around income? The Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform has not seen it. This is somewhere in the OPW at the moment or in its parent...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: They have the business case?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: Is that being made available to the Department?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: I understand the OPW's role, I was just curious about that aspect. Would any witness from the Department like to comment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: Can we have information in that regard, please? Will the officials send it to the committee?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: I will move on to the modular homes for Ukrainians. Back in 2022, there was approval for 700 rapid-build units. What is the cost per unit of those? From previous conversations, I understand that the units measure 45 sq m, which is about half the size of a standard two-bedroom terraced house measuring 90 sq m. What is the cost - including the sites-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: -----and the development of those sites - of building, for example, 100 units?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: How much?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: Is that for a 45 sq m unit?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: I understand that, but a two-bedroom local authority house would measure 80 sq m to 90 sq m. These are half the size, and even with two bedrooms they are tiny. They only have a 60-year lifespan.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: How much do the units in Rathdowney cost per unit when they are developed?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: It has worked well, I acknowledge that, but they are very small.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: They do it in other countries.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: Is the contractor Sisk doing all of those, including Rathdowney?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: They have a number of suppliers.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: At the start, I believed these units would be much cheaper. They are coming in at a substantial cost. They are half the size of local authority houses that are constructed, aerated with heat pumps and all the rest of it and that are fully finished on properly developed sites by many local authorities for €280,000 to €310,000.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: In regard to the tendering for these contracts, one company has the contract to deliver all 700 units. How many companies tendered for this work?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: What is the overall cost of the 700 units?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: I know there were difficulties and that some of the sites were very bad. Rathdowney was probably a good one. Are all those sites now in State ownership or are they leased?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: Did they mainly came from local authorities?