Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The results are not the same. There was a reference to me making political charges. There may be a basis in terms of why statements are being made and in terms of what the members of committees and, indeed, the Dáil had been told. I refer to the fact that our colleague, Deputy Barry Cowen, asked in the Dáil the Minister for Health on 18 September last the budgeted cost of the children's hospital and the costs incurred to date and whether everything was going to be on budget. He was told it would be. On 18 September, he specifically asked whether everything was on target. The Minister answered him. We now know, of course, that the Minister had been told on 27 August that this project was out of control. Was the Dáil not misled?