Brian Stanley (Laois, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Overall, if the project works out as it is currently designed, we are looking at a subsidy of €2.95 billion and, as we were told recently, an overall cost of approximately €5 billion. The witnesses have said PwC used various methods to examine the various areas that would benefit, such as education and health. There are many assumptions because people are looking forward and things could change and technology could change. Some of it could become obsolete in a few years. Is PwC able to tell the taxpayers that they will get value for money for the figure that was €500 million only a short number of years ago, became €800 million in 2016 and has now reached almost €3 billion?