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

I would have thought there would be a view on big items like that. Again, it comes down to the €6 million for due diligence. I hope when the due diligence is being done, there will be consideration of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report for 2008. A further €898 million was invested in infrastructure and the Environmental Protection Agency decided there was no benefit whatever in terms of water quality. All of these are major issues relating to the spending of taxpayer money and auditing, and they should relate to the Comptroller and Auditor General, but they are being ignored. In trying to assess this in terms of value for money and cost to the end user, I am getting very few answers. I thought there would be a framework in place for weighting these elements for consideration and big-ticket items in facing the issue. I would have expected much more information on this, but that kind of information is not available. With regard to the original set-up, did Mr. Tierney speak with Mr. Matthew Wright, Mr. Martin Baggs, Mr. Chris Jones or any similar people?