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

There was no space available in the building concerned relevant to that standard of ministerial space and it was a new construct. In terms of the cost, which is critical, I worked in that office and if one told me on the day I entered the office that it cost that much, I certainly would not have believed you. If I had known then what I know now, I probably would have added a further chapter to my book merely to compile it all and make it as an easy reference, but I did not.

In terms of the cost, was the OPW's only comparison, by way of tenders it received, the Bruce Shaw handbook, which sets out costs and other aspects?