Noel Rock (Dublin North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank all the witnesses for coming in. I am sorry I could not be here for their opening statement, but I read their remarks with interest. The Dunkettle project will cost more than €100 million and will, in effect, require Cabinet approval. Over recent years, TII has built up a well-deserved reputation for bringing in projects, especially road projects, on budget. It has developed a sort of mechanism or strategy, which is often cited in other Departments. Will the witnesses walk me through how this was developed? The Luas cross city project undertaken with the National Transport Authority, for example, has been cited over and over as being best in class with regard to the cost of projects. What exactly has happened there? In the 2000s it was a constant that road projects ran over budget. It seems the processes have been refined quite a bit in the intervening period. I am curious about the mechanisms put in place and the lessons learned since then.