Spending on €336k Leinster House bike shed needed sign-off from only one person

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41482759.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawFgfMNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHaOYSUWjJVsrC3eaJCFdeVM9YtVY7Pb-_hV6c-PmYacGLW1yWA4X4wgTWQ_aem_f93RkK4XvuCD8u5zfwpCRQ

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5 Comments

  1. Only one person needed to sign off on projects up to 500K of tax payers money, anything above 150 euro and there needs to be three quotes at some of the places I used to work

  2. Realistically 500k isn’t a massive amount of money for any project.

    If we end up making every project get ministerial sign off, then everything will be delayed by ages.

    I know a contract im working on needs sign off from a semi state board, which meets every quarters. So nothing has happened on that as we just wait for the board meeting. Months just wasted.

  3. I work for TUD and I had to sit in a meeting with three people and explain why I bought something for 36.- in August, when the college is still closed.

    How one person can spend over300K and nobody raises an eyebrow is at the very least questionable…..