OPW wasted millions, says report
The latest report from the powerful Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will focus on three areas where purchase and rental agreements entered into by the OPW saw millions go down the drain. Specifically, tomorrow’s report will target expensive cost overruns incurred by the OPW in property deals related to asylum seeker accommodation, office space for the Probation and Welfare Service in Dublin and the refurbishment of Cork’s Courthouse.
Speaking to the Irish Examiner, PAC chairman Michael Noonan said the OPW had paid too much for five substantial properties purchased to house asylum seekers which had never been used.
