David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We have established so far that we do not have a revised completion date. We have also established that there is at least one breach of the contract and that there is a penalty in place in terms of the 15% of moneys invoiced every month. Mr. Gunning also says, "In response to the contractor's reported delays and lack of compliant works programme, that...the executive are interrogating the programmes provided by the contractor and evaluating all current and potential cost pressures on the project". In terms of those costs, Mr. Gunning goes on to say, "Since the commencement of this project there have been hundreds of claims for hundreds of millions of euro." He must be a bit more specific than that. He cannot come before the committee and give us a range of hundreds of millions of euro. There has to be some estimation. Is it €200 million? Is it €400 million? Is it €600 million? Mr. Gunning must be much clearer with us in terms of the estimation of what those amounts are.