David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have learned a great deal about process as a member of this committee. One lesson is that economic appraisals, comparisons and due diligence are important. At the very start of this process, the Department and the board would have had to consider the design, model, co-location and sites. Various options were available to the State at different times. Given that it will now cost €1.7 billion at a minimum, if Mr. Breslin had known five or ten years ago or at the time the decision on the site was being made that the project would cost €1.7 billion, would that have altered the decision-making process?