The number of complaints was so high the OPW has still not been able to provide details of how many there were almost a month after being asked for a total number received
The Office of Public Works were flooded with furious complaints about the €336,000 cost of a bike shelter at Leinster House.
An email from the minister’s assistant said: “I would be most grateful if the matter that he has raised can be examined.” It said: “No inquiry will exonerate your lack of oversight, nor change the waste of this and all the other OPW overspends and lax governance by department officials.” A log of queries between September 4 and September 6 shows multiple complaints from members of the public about the project.
Mr Conlon wrote in an email to a colleague: “You might note Eamon Ryan’s comments on the News at One that the cost seems excessive and that the OPW has questions to answer re: costs.”
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