_”Asked for a copy of the scoping documents involved in the work, the Office of Public Works refused to provide them.”_
Difficult-Set-3151 on
Paid to who? I want to know what company received this money? Who owns the company. Who made the decision to go with that company and spend so much. What relation the decision maker has to the company?
funpubquiz on
It only holds 18 bikes lol. The steel shed I have in my back garden could have done the job just find a fake stone facade to clad it in. Probably cost less than 50k.
These muppets are just pissing away money.
CynicalPilot on
“I mean it’s one banana, Michael. What could it cost? Ten dollars?”
anewdawn2020 on
Nearly €11,000 for a quantity surveyor for it. You wouldn’t pay that to build a house which has a much longer list of items etc. a bike shed is as basic a structure as you can get, surely it didn’t need a quantity surveyor and even if it did, thats surely a tiny job for a professional who knows off the top of their head that a wall X long and X high would take X amount of blocks
GreenElectronic8873 on
Clearly laundered through their mates company but no our centralised government isnt corrupt 🙄🙄🙄
Garlic-Cheese-Chips on
That sensitive location? A buddy’s pocket.
Massively overpay for a project like this, your confidant gets that money and gives you a slice in a nice fat envelope.
It’s not incompetence, it’s very calculated greed.
Louth_Mouth on
We need a cross party Oireachtas committee to investigate this outrageous over spend, & possibly a tribunal. 20 TDs on full expenses should be able to get to the bottom of this waste of Tax Payers money.
AncientWisdomTooth on
Hahaha cunts
RealDealMrSeal on
How the fuck does this cost nearly the same as my house
broats_ on
>It has not been fully enclosed however, with some believing it leaves their bikes too exposed to the elements.
>In July, it emerged that Labour leader Ivana Bacik had pushed for new bike shelters at Leinster House.
However, the Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl replied to say it was “extremely unlikely” that planning permission would be provided and that the existing facilities were underused.
So even after spending as much on this 18-bike shed as you would to build a house, it’s not fit for purpose. Oh and it wasn’t even needed to begin with.
vanKlompf on
There was topic today about over-regulation in Ireland. Well, this is price paid for that.
Thalude_ on
Moved halfway across the world and still find the same money laundry schemes being pulled by the elites and their pet politicians.
Guess this is universal really
GasMysterious3386 on
God forbid I install a bicycle shed in the front garden of my terrace house. Council would be all over it like a fly on shite 💩
RancidHorseJizz on
You’d think one of the rural TDs could get a farmer to build it for 1000 euros just using leftover materials from behind the milking shed.
spungie on
Relax, it’s only your tax money their wasting.
theseanbeag on
OPW is probably the worst government department ever.
Dennisthefirst on
Does it have built in battery re-charge facilities?
Or is that a substantial extra?
I wonder what the large St James Hospital bike shed cost in comparison?
gavstar69 on
Like the printer they bought that didn’t fit in leinster house. Cost around the same amount..
BoredGombeen on
Well the TDs need somewhere to store their bikes when they cycle to work. Whilst claiming mileage for driving.
DontOpenThatTrapDoor on
I give up
SeanHaz on
Any photos of the end result?
ChampionshipOk5046 on
“due to the sensitive corruption”
dorsanty on
The f*ck, is it made from platinum and bedazzled in diamonds?
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_”Asked for a copy of the scoping documents involved in the work, the Office of Public Works refused to provide them.”_
Paid to who? I want to know what company received this money? Who owns the company. Who made the decision to go with that company and spend so much. What relation the decision maker has to the company?
It only holds 18 bikes lol. The steel shed I have in my back garden could have done the job just find a fake stone facade to clad it in. Probably cost less than 50k.
These muppets are just pissing away money.
“I mean it’s one banana, Michael. What could it cost? Ten dollars?”
Nearly €11,000 for a quantity surveyor for it. You wouldn’t pay that to build a house which has a much longer list of items etc. a bike shed is as basic a structure as you can get, surely it didn’t need a quantity surveyor and even if it did, thats surely a tiny job for a professional who knows off the top of their head that a wall X long and X high would take X amount of blocks
Clearly laundered through their mates company but no our centralised government isnt corrupt 🙄🙄🙄
That sensitive location? A buddy’s pocket.
Massively overpay for a project like this, your confidant gets that money and gives you a slice in a nice fat envelope.
It’s not incompetence, it’s very calculated greed.
We need a cross party Oireachtas committee to investigate this outrageous over spend, & possibly a tribunal. 20 TDs on full expenses should be able to get to the bottom of this waste of Tax Payers money.
Hahaha cunts
How the fuck does this cost nearly the same as my house
>It has not been fully enclosed however, with some believing it leaves their bikes too exposed to the elements.
>In July, it emerged that Labour leader Ivana Bacik had pushed for new bike shelters at Leinster House.
However, the Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl replied to say it was “extremely unlikely” that planning permission would be provided and that the existing facilities were underused.
So even after spending as much on this 18-bike shed as you would to build a house, it’s not fit for purpose. Oh and it wasn’t even needed to begin with.
There was topic today about over-regulation in Ireland. Well, this is price paid for that.
Moved halfway across the world and still find the same money laundry schemes being pulled by the elites and their pet politicians.
Guess this is universal really
God forbid I install a bicycle shed in the front garden of my terrace house. Council would be all over it like a fly on shite 💩
You’d think one of the rural TDs could get a farmer to build it for 1000 euros just using leftover materials from behind the milking shed.
Relax, it’s only your tax money their wasting.
OPW is probably the worst government department ever.
Does it have built in battery re-charge facilities?
Or is that a substantial extra?
I wonder what the large St James Hospital bike shed cost in comparison?
Like the printer they bought that didn’t fit in leinster house. Cost around the same amount..
Well the TDs need somewhere to store their bikes when they cycle to work. Whilst claiming mileage for driving.
I give up
Any photos of the end result?
“due to the sensitive corruption”
The f*ck, is it made from platinum and bedazzled in diamonds?
It’s like someone read about the [bicycle-shed effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality) and went “That sounds grand, but we can take it one step further!”
I wonder is that where they’re storing the €800k printer that no one was trained on and therefore couldn’t use?
I feel like podge and rodge would do a better job at managing public money at this stage..
I remember I commented before saying that the Irish government is corrupt for pulling shit exactly like this and got downvoted to bits, now look.
Protected structures aside, its a giant car park and so the sensitvity is low surely . How is putting a bike shed problematic?
Why don’t they just bolt one of these yokes to the floor for like € 500?
https://www.decathlon.ie/p/120051-179331-bike-rack-for-5-bikes.html
Considering we can manage to make a bus shelter cost €200,000 to install it’s not surprising 14 years ago, nothing surprises me: [https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/upgrade-work-on-bus-shelter-cost-same-as-small-house/26666332.html](https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/upgrade-work-on-bus-shelter-cost-same-as-small-house/26666332.html)
Costs for any kind of infrastructure here are astronomical.