Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I refer to the business case Deputy Connolly spoke of - if there is evidence of that, that is fine. Aside from that however, it is a big budget item. There had to be a discussion among some people in respect of this budget item for the coming year. There must have been some level of approval for that expenditure, notwithstanding non-compliance with procurement. There must be some discussion in the system. A budget of €26 million could not have been agreed without some discussion somewhere.