Séamus Kirk (Louth, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I accept the Minister's final point. We have an effective, efficient and dynamic working group which puts a particular emphasis on the technical challenges that will apply in every case. The consultants' estimate of the Narrow Water bridge project needs to be analysed. Hopefully, when the recommendations are being made to the Minister and his counterpart the underlying reason for the additional cost will be identified. There must be some underlying reason for it. We need to know if this was the result of an error of calculation on the part of the consultants or an underestimation of the issues involved. It is important to bear in mind that the work involved is specialist work. That point should not be overlooked.