Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 October 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works

2:40 pm

Photo of Marc Ó CathasaighMarc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I will move on because it does not sound like Mr. Conlon is going to give me an answer. It is entirely unsatisfactory that he said that a unit is €150,000, which is the top end figure, and I am missing €150,000 in his calculations. I will move on.

In terms of delivering value for money, Mr. Conlon said the cost is approximately €150,000 for 45 sq. m, which according to my calculator is €3,333 per sq. m. When the OPW was directing either Sisk or the five contractors that Sisk delivered these modular units through, was any outline price given in terms of cost per sq. m? One of the first considerations for anybody building a house in any part of the country, is cost per sq. m. Was there any indication in the tender documents that we wanted to deliver a certain cost per sq. m?

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