Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 5 February 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I accept responsibility in relation to this. I have responsibility for how the taxpayers' money is spent. Regardless of the different governance questions or the different boards, I accept responsibility for how the public's money is spent. That is why I am doing two things. The first is that I will look at other comparable projects that we have of this size from a tendering and governance point of view to see whether there are any learnings that are transferable. Second, I have been involved intensively in this phase of the project since early November and I have been looking at what is the right thing to do. In addition to accepting responsibility for where we stand, I also accept responsibility for all of the other projects that happen in the way the public wants but I understand the reason scrutiny is happening on this project.
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