Written answers

Tuesday, 20 March 2007

Department of Finance

Capital Expenditure

11:00 pm

Photo of John DeasyJohn Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance the system in place for pinning responsibility on named public officials for the delivery of public investment projects on time and on budget. [10201/07]

Photo of Brian CowenBrian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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My Department's Capital Appraisal Guidelines of February 2005, as amended by Circular Letter of 25 January 2006 on Value for Money, provide for an individual to be appointed as project manager for each capital project. The guidelines specify that a senior official should be appointed as project manager for capital projects above 30 million euro, including at management committee level, where appropriate, but do not specify a particular salary level or grade. It is a matter for each project implementing Department or Agency to determine who should be appointed project manager in each individual case in the light of the foregoing requirements having regard to the scale, complexity and cost of each project.

The role of the project manager is to monitor progress on the project and to report on progress to the project board during project development to ensure that project objectives, performance criteria and key project milestones are achieved on time and within budget as per the project contract. If adverse developments occur, such as potential cost overruns or delays, the project manager's progress reports to the project board should include recommendations to address the situation, including if warranted the option of project termination.

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