Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am very interested in this. There are a number of critical decision-making milestones in the project. Obviously, there is the awarding of the tender. I have major concerns about the scale of the undercut by the contractor. It sets off alarm bells. There are examples in other projects, even large-scale projects, in this country which are well known. That was one critical milestone. Another was when the cost escalated to €983 million, or whatever the figure was, and the decision to proceed. Awarding BAM stage B of the contract was a critical decision and a milestone. Then there is the escalation to €1.4 billion and subsequently the Government memorandum refers to a figure of €1.7 billion.

With regard to all of these junctures, I assume there is documentation which the board will be providing to this committee or to the Committee of Public Accounts about how this was communicated up to Dean Sullivan, who obviously needs to come before the Committee of Public Accounts, and to Jim Breslin and about the decision-making which will be described in the communication. Will the board provide the committee with all of that relevant documentation in the next week or so?