This week the PAC held a number of private sessions concerning our current examination into the Garda penalty points system. These sessions concluded with an interview with the Garda Whistleblower who brought deficiencies in this system to light.

Also this week the PAC examined the accounts for the Office of Public Works (OPW). We examined the general accounts of the body, but focussed on Chapter 6 of the C&AG’s report, which deals with a complicated land swap arrangement involving the now vacant Garda station on Harcourt Terrace.

In my questioning I looked at the current use of the site (which is temporarily housing a school as many in the community will know) and future plans for the site. You can watch my questioning here.

Separately, following correspondence received by the PAC from a group of residents in Dublin 8, I also examined with the OPW the manner in which they provide architectural services to Irish heritage projects, including in this instance the design for the redevelopment of the Irish Jewish Museum. You can watch this here.