Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

No. What I am trying to suggest is that if I go to buy a Mazda and there is water leaking onto the back seat and the mechanic says I should not buy it unless the leak is fixed, I would make sure the leak was fixed before I bought it. I put it to Mr. Neilan that his engineers said he would have to fill the site and in regard to those works upon the site and throughout the site that are to be undertaken in advance of taking possession, it is important those works are properly specified in the contract. That was the advice of the engineers' firm, Atkins, in regard to filling on the site. That was offered on 22 November 2007. What was the point in getting the advice because it was disregarded? Mr. Neilan cannot say to me and to the committee that it was not a condition of the deal or the sale. All these advices were offered to him before the deal was done.