Kildare engineering costs and oversight
Power cited figures showing administration accounted for 77% of certain engineering works’ costs and urged stronger value-for-money oversight. The Minister said he needed to verify the facts and that allocations reflect how counties spend; he acknowledged he did not read the Kildare papers.
Would the Minister of State agree that a cost benefit analysis and an inquiry into value for money in his Department are very important? Is he aware that the breakdown of certain engineering works in one county revealed that administration cost 77 per cent of the money and materials cost 23 per cent? Does he not agree that that type of breakdown would not be condoned for a moment by any private individual or authority?
Comment on this
Would not the fact that this appeared in a local paper in County Kildare and was not challenged be sufficient? The figures were given by the local authority. If the Minister of State were carrying out his duty in a proper watchdog manner would it not have engaged his attention before now?
