Mr. Maurice Buckley:

I have already addressed the issue of recouping the money. To use a football analogy, we were three goals ahead in the game and conceded an own goal just before the end. The Deputy is picking out one aspect of an incredibly successful project.

The Department of Health was in Hawkins House for 50 years. There were three attempts made to move the Department, and it successfully moved to Miesian Plaza. We all see on the six o'clock news every day the risks that the Department deals with. The move has been transformative, by its estimation, in terms of the performance of the Department.

The rent we pay is very good by market standards of the time. Much was done. The team did very good work. A mistake was made collectively in the system. I will take responsibility. I had just joined the organisation and in the first month I signed the lease. I would love to have asked for a full review before doing that. We can go down the chain. There are about ten people in the organisation who are all embarrassed about this because they know it is not the way the OPW does its work. It has taken the shine off an excellent project. It has been an excellent project and I stand over that.