Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I cannot correlate how, then, we ended up with a 63% uplift in payments to the design companies. According to this report, €27 million extra was paid to design companies, which is 63% more than what was agreed. In any correlation if we go from the GMP to the IFC cost - and I am sorry for all of the jargon but people who know this know what I am talking about and there are arguments with regard to a significant change that would have a massive impact on the costs - a key signal is the fact that 63% more than what was expected had to be paid for the design consultants who have designed the hospital to date in the first place. The correlation indicates that the IFC cost is way off. If there is a 63% differential, it would in indicate that we are heading for a big problem here.