Mr. Robert Watt:

There are two issues with the two-stage process, which I addressed in my remarks and which will have implications for future projects. First, we committed to significant preliminary works before the final tender was established. That was because the preliminary works were significant, at €200 million. The Drimnagh sewer also had to be moved and there were very significant enabling works on which significant spending occurred before the final cost. It is very clear that we should not allow that to happen again.

The second issue is that we were given commitments relating to the approximate bill of quantities that underpinned the contract and how accurate they were. They did not turn out to be accurate and that is something that has also been documented. The Government has committed to a review of that by PwC.