Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 November 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht

Proposed Incinerator at Poolbeg: Dublin City Council (Resumed)

2:35 pm

Mr. Michael Phillips:

The Deputy referred to the €100 million that was spent previously. If one examines the contract, the design, legal and planning permission matters were with the consultants and the amount for this was just short of €30 million. The bulk of the €100 million was, therefore, spent on land acquisition. In most instances, the land acquisition information does not actually appear on the contract until the project is finished. This is because it takes so long to complete the purchasing and bring matters to finality.

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