€10m rental overpayment like 'scoring an own goal having been three goals ahead'

Miesian Plaza, Dublin, where the OPW has overpaid rent by €10m. File Picture: Gareth Chaney

The head of the Office of Public Works (OPW) — which has responsibility for a rental overpayment of €10m on a government building — has described the issue as like “scoring an own goal having been three goals ahead”.

OPW commissioner Maurice Buckley told the public accounts committee (PAC) that he doesn’t believe the multimillion-euro overpayment on Miesian Plaza in Dublin, the headquarters of several Government departments, can not be recovered.