Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I think I have proved my point. Over the last period, I have gone through all the steering group minutes from the children's hospital project steering group. Mr. Dean Sullivan chairs the steering group. I have many questions on that. My first question is for Mr. Breslin because it does not relate to Mr. Sullivan's role. Why was somebody from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform not involved in this? Somebody from the Department of Finance with tendering and contract experience was on the steering group. Given the scale of the project, why was somebody from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform not involved? I have read all the minutes from 29 August to December and the costs keep escalating. Was there ever a thought about having somebody from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on this group because there seems to be somebody from everywhere else on it?