Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Going back to leases and property costs, the relevant figure has dropped from €107 million in 2012 to a budgeted cost of €86 million this year. Is it fair to say that in the years leading up to the crash, the public was not getting value for money? If we can now save in excess of €21 million on the property portfolio as budgeted for 2015 versus what was paid in 2012, is it correct to say the taxpayer got a raw deal in preceding years?