Mr. Pat Lucey:

I do not know what the percentage was but the cost of producing a unit, such as a kilometre of road, went down in that period. Other countries might ask how we can build so economically because we are good at building and have good building people. We also tend to be very competitive in overseas markets. There have not been price rises in civil engineering and some contracts are actually going well below cost, which is of no benefit to the country or the contractors involved.