One cannot help but ask: why does this project still exist?
Taxpayer cash
Modular housing, anyone?
It was recently revealed that the OPW’s modular homes for Ukrainians had doubled in cost from €200k to €436k. Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien said that this doubling in cost “frustrates” him, adding that ‘lessons should be learned’. Question by Ben Scallan.
“The extent of this repair work is not fully scoped at this stage.”
“Let’s cover everybody’s ass!…But for the people pulling up the cash, we have no respect for them”: Independent TD Marc MacSharry grills members of the OPW over the infamous Leinster House bike shed, and the agency’s general use of taxpayer funds.
BREAKING: In a highly unusual intervention, Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl slams the cost of the Leinster House Bike shelter as “an embarrassment”, and says he will be seeking answers from the OPW.
Protected species
You might argue – might – that €350,000 is an amount of money that should be below the notice of Ministers, but you’d be making an argument that only an idiot should believe.
Bigger is not necessarily better when you’re dealing with taxpayer money.
Our dear friends over at the Journal.ie reported yesterday that the Phoenix Park will shortly have its old, ornate gates restored, three years after they were taken down to facilitate the visit of Pope Francis. It’s good news, for sure, but with all the respect in the world to the good people at the Journal, […]