Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That derogation was granted and the board was allowed to go down this road, which led ultimately to the overrun. Mr. Watt said he sits on another committee that meets on a weekly basis to discuss capital spending across all Departments. I imagine it engages in extra scrutiny around the time of the Estimates. However, the information was not relayed to Mr. Watt to bring forward an Estimate. Of course, it was not fraudulent, but it had to be amended because of it. That amendment could have taken place before now. That is neither here nor there but the bottom line is that there is a contracts committee which is ultimately responsible for allowing the board to go down this path. That falls under Mr. Watt's Department.