Mr. Jim Breslin:

No other cost escalation figure had been declared. We then heard a very loud warning siren from the development board, which told us that it was seeing work packages coming back from the process, particularly on the mechanical and electrical sides, which were outside what it had expected and planned for. It stated it was facing very serious discussions with all of the contractors and involved in a commercial process and that it was significantly concerned. From that moment on, the Department and the HSE were concerned but not fully apprised of where it was going to end up. We spent all of our efforts in insisting that the development board put every resource into the process, while other things such as external reviews and audits were being undertaken to validate the process.