Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It appears that if the consultants' report commissioned on the Meelick site had gone to the board, there is a fair chance that the bid on the site would not have been pursued. It might have been a timing thing at the time as the timescale was very short in terms of completing a report before the public auction. Once one goes to public auction, one is on a hiding to nothing on a risk basis as, ultimately, the site is locked in. I am asking if it was a case of penny wise and pound foolish in getting a site for €1 million which appeared to be good value at the time, but ending up at Greenpark at the road which cost €1.2 million more at the time. In terms of moving forward, those issues must be acknowledged. Is that fair comment?