Ms Clare McGrath:

We take the brief and make a plan of it, so we are very involved in it. Moreover, it is an iterative process because questions must be teased out between the OPW and the Department in respect of what is being provided. Again, I refer back to the benchmark and the norms and whether that would be within it and this was the case. Maybe in 2007 in general, there may be certain things in respect of standards of finishes - not particular to this job - where we might not be doing things the same way today. However, overall, in respect of this job, it is what it is because it was within a protected structure. It was 113 sq. m and there were a lot of interventions. There also are many interventions when one seeks to retain certain features and it is not a case of taking out everything. When one makes an intervention in existing structures, it is more complex. Furthermore, it is more complex within a protected structure than in a new build. That was a huge part in respect of this job.