Potentially costly deja-vu for OPW over housing gardaí  

Issues surrounding the OPW’s approach to budgeting, property selection, and value for money achievement have been in the public sphere for much of the past decade

The OPW agreed to a €10m rental overpayment on the Department of Health’s new headquarters at Miesian Plaza in south Dublin city. Picture: Gareth Chaney / Collins Photos

At the October 11, 2018, meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in the Dáil, the Commissioners of the Office of Public Works (OPW) were put through the wringer.

Probably the most noteworthy topic from the six-hour hearing was the discussion surrounding the OPW, the body charged with managing much of the State’s property assets, agreeing to a €10m rental overpayment on the Department of Health’s new headquarters at Miesian Plaza in south Dublin city.