Public ‘rightly appalled’ at €336k Leinster House bike shed as TD blasts ‘waste of taxpayer money’ & ‘out of touch’ Government. Stop the Bullshit, and Name, Who Signed off the, Disneyland Bike Shed?

THE eye-watering €336,000 bike shed at Leinster House has been blasted as an “utter waste of taxpayers money” by Sinn Fein.

Officials from the Office of Public Works have been ordered to appear before the Public Accounts Committee next month to be grilled over the ridiculous spend that caused public outrage.Sinn Fein spokesperson on Public Expenditure and Reform, Rose Conway-Walsh TD said the money spent also shows “how out of touch”

the government is with “the reality of everyday living costs for the rest of our citizens”.

She added: “The public are rightly appalled that this government has stood over the colossal cost for construction of a very basic bicycle shed.”

The 18-rack bike shed features a number of steel barriers, plate glass covering and regular U-lock type stands that could fit 36 bikes.

The OPW defended the spend by claiming that “high quality materials and finish” were required to keep to the character of the historic setting.