David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Griffin cannot comment on costs. It goes back to what was said earlier about 5G - that there will be post-project reviews. I imagine that we will come back here at some point and evaluate this. I hope we will not be dealing with a special report from the Comptroller and Auditor General and we are taken back to this exchange when we asked about the costs at that time and were told we could not have that information. The Department has it. It has some indication of what it might be but we have no idea how much it will cost in the long run even though it is taxpayers' money. Mr. Griffin is nodding his head but I am frustrated as a taxpayer and as somebody who represents taxpayers because it is not an ideal situation for this committee to find itself in.