Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I understand why this is the case. In addition, the evidence and experience to date shows that there has been a series of claims and I can see very good commercial reasons for what Mr. Gunning has just said. However, from the perspective of State accountability, we still want to see how this project has been undertaken and how it has been managed. What I do not want to see in two or three years, though, is that the way in which this process has been handled, possibly because of pressure from this committee - but which I hope Mr. Gunning will resist - resulting in an increase in costs because of a failure to have offered an appropriate defence in this regard. I have a strong interest in the completion of this hospital and I am really looking forward to going to see it tomorrow. I spent four nights in Crumlin hospital over Easter and I understand the great need there for this new hospital and the importance of the timeline. From the State's perspective, this project must be done cost effectively as well. I reiterate that I may be coming to this issue from a perspective that is different from my colleagues, but sometimes that is no harm. I have a final question if I have time.