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'We're paying too much' - value for money and the OPW


The agency, which buys, builds, leases and maintains public property, spends hundreds of millions each year.
• 1 Apr 2021
RTÉ Investigates
Allen Morgan comes across as a typical civil servant – understated, serious and dedicated. But he has been unafraid to ruffle feathers at the Office of Public Works, where he was employed for 37 years before retiring as its Managing Valuer in late 2017. 
His bugbear is waste. 
We re paying too much for what we re getting… budgeting is not at the forefront of each individual project or each individual property that we acquire or lease.
The OPW is responsible for maintaining and conserving some of our best loved parks, monuments and cultural institutions together with more mundane properties ranging from office accommodation and garda stations to laboratories and warehouses.  ....

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