Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Just one minute ago Mr. Pollock mentioned that the issue of sprinklers had come up as the project was moving along. Where is the professionalism if the board only learned about this as the project moved along? Would they not have been part of the original plan before the board ever sat down to build the hospital? Would it not have looked at what was involved and what the costs would be, instead of telling us that it only learned about it as the project moved along and in going to An Bord Pleanála? The issue of VAT is simple. I know that costs increase that and the board could not have predicted all of it before it started, but this is frustrating to say the least.