David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Mr. Breslin and Mr. Pollock and their respective teams. I am sure Mr. Breslin will understand why members of this committee, the health committee and the public are frustrated by the overrun of costs and the impact this might have on other services. People need to be held to account and we need to get answers to questions. People become frustrated when they put questions and do not get answers.

There are two elements to my questions. I will deal with the second first. Was this a monumental cock-up in the procurement process? The committee needs to examine the process and whether there were weaknesses and failures. Whether there was a cock-up or not, we have been led to believe the overrun will have an impact on other capital projects and other areas of expenditure in the health service.

I want to deal with that first. Mr. Curran was asked earlier about projects which may not now go ahead. The Minister and the Taoiseach have been talking about deferrals. That is a nice way of putting it. Is there a list? Has any decision been made as to which projects will suffer as a consequence of the overrun and which will not?