Mr. David Gunning:

I thank the Senator. I will start and work backwards. The main contributor, in our opinion, to the delays that were accumulated were really down to resourcing and resource levels and not hitting the progress targets that were required. At this time, as of right now, if we were complying with the guaranteed maximum price programme, the concrete and steel frame should be 100% complete, the facade should be approximately 75% complete and the fit-out with the internal partitioning should be almost half complete at this time. We are not complete with any of these individual items. The delay in our estimation is down to the challenge the contractors faced in terms of providing resources to the project.

The Senator's initial question was whether it favours other sites as opposed to this one. I cannot get into speculation and formulate an opinion on this. I am determined that in this project we stick to the facts. I do not have information to give an answer one way or the other on this and I hope the Senator will appreciate the frankness of my response on this particular issue.