Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

However, they cannot stop the incinerator project from going ahead. They cannot stop the four local authorities from proceeding. Mr. McCarthy referred to the local government audit service. We have sought powers to look into the local government fund. While the local government audit service is very good, the infrastructure is not in place and the powers have not been provided to allow councillors to use the information to properly hold their local authorities to account. There is a local government audit report which states financial management of the project has been weak, financial control procedures in place were not adequate and the project executive board did not meet on a formal basis and, therefore, no minutes of meetings were obtained. After ten years, when there is such an audit report, one does not turn around in a matter of one year or two and say, "We have fixed all the problems; let us go ahead with a completely different project, with a completely different rationale, at a completely different size and in a completely changed waste market." That is putting good time and money after bad.