Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

We must take Mr. Tierney's word that it is money well spent. Can Mr. Tierney understand why people are not terribly trusting when it comes to matters like this one?
Let me refer to the article published by The Irish Times but I shall not go into the company's role in the matter. I understand that a lot of what happened with RPS predated the company's involvement in the Poolbeg project. It is more alarming that RPS was contracted for €8 million but the project cost €32 million and we will probably not have an incinerator. While I am glad that we do not have an incinerator I am left with the following question. Where did all of the money go? It went into the pockets of the RPS guys, its consultants, spin doctors and management people. No matter what they did one is left with a few questions. Where did all of the money go? How did costs overrun by so much? Can people be trusted to manage projects and deal with the enormously valuable asset that is water? Is there any reason Uisce Éireann appointed two former senior RPS executives to the board of Irish Water given the poor role that it played in the Poolbeg project?