Kate O'Connell (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have attended all the committee meetings on this issue so far. I am none the wiser as a result. It is absolutely shocking that the witnesses did not have the figures to hand. It seems obvious that we would ask for a breakdown between construction and other costs. Mr. Breslin was in this room with me yesterday at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health. It seemed very clear that the board was put in place based on competency. Mr. Breslin may correct me if I am wrong. I do not want to misquote him but I think he said earlier that the development board was set up because the expertise did not exist within the HSE to do this.