John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am asking Mr. Ó Foghlú about his concerns. We should get this straight. Some €105 million goes on contractors and their costs. That is my understanding of the figures in front of us. I would like the witness to tell me how confident he is about the quality of that tender process. That is my first question. It is €152 million involved in all this spend. Some €105 million may be tendered for but is the Department directly involved in the tender process? Is the witness confident about the process? Have the auditors examined it and are they confident about it? Are they confident about the cross-subsidisation issue? Has the Department written confirmation from them on those two issues?