Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Good. As the Committee of Public Accounts, this is the kind of thing we need to be recommending. I am sure the Comptroller and Auditor General agrees. I want to move over to Harcourt Square for a second, where we have the ongoing debacle with An Garda Síochána. We had an issue with the lease some years ago. We had to try to get an extension to the lease and it was changing hands for approximately €40 million or €45 million. NAMA was involved. I believe Hibernia REIT has it now. The site has the potential to provide 360,000 sq. ft. Why did we not try to buy that? Was a case made to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to approach NAMA and say that this site could be bought for €40 million? The Garda does not need 360,000 sq. ft so it could have more than covered its needs and perhaps have provided for others. Was any case made?