Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I wish to raise three points on this correspondence, the first of which concerns point 5, relating to the legal firm that worked with the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, or even its predecessor - it may well have been the Department - on the tender. The tender has been subject to significant additional costs. We know that around 1,000 claims were made. If a firm is reviewing its own work, should we be concerned? Is it appropriate for the firm to do this work because it is familiar with the tender and the basis of it, given that it was involved in the process? I am wondering if that is an issue that we should flag or be concerned about.