Chairman:

I am not at all suggesting that Solas made money from the project. The Comptroller and Auditor General's report says:

A second construction contract was awarded by Solas in March 2012 for the remaining works. The Department has stated that this was done without its knowledge or consent.

The Department was in a financial partnership on a project with a private company. The company issued contracts for a second time for the construction of a building that had proven to be on poor ground conditions and had poor design. This shows that the Department was not in charge of the funds it was giving to Solas.