Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have read that but what I am stunned by is the fact that the figure and how high it could be was never communicated back to the Department. I understand the point about ministerial consent to borrowing and the point about planning but the key point here is that a contract was eventually signed for €411 million by an agency of the State, by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, which in the only communication that we have to the agency cited a figure of €220 million.