It comes following ongoing revelations about the cost of a €1.4bn security hut beside the Department of Finance and the €335K Leinster House bike shed that was built in “probably the most expensive area that could have been chosen”.
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín has written to the Comptroller and Auditor General requesting a probe into OPW spending.
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibin wrote to the Comptroller and Auditor General Seamus McCarthy on Thursday calling for him to investigate spending by the Office of Public Works . “The Gucci bike shed and the salubrious security hut are just the tip of the iceberg in terms of government waste. “The key reform we need is that individuals within the Public Service tasked with spending state money need to have hard-wired into their job contracts and their job spec the responsibility to achieve value for money.
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