Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I can only take Mr. Byrne at his word on the evidence he has put before us. I would not detract from his good name in any way by saying that he is misleading us. Many sceptical people may view the removal of this line as not being accidental but as an attempt not to outline the direction of the project as clearly as it was done in 2020. To help Mr. Byrne to address that, what should I say to a constituent who asks me that? It is easy to say that it dropped off the bottom. It has happened to all of us, but many of us are not laying documents before the Oireachtas. Given that there is an Irish language and an English language version, many people might believe it was removed deliberately. I am going into the minute details of a word processing problem because it strikes at the credibility of the documents that the witnesses lay before the Comptroller and Auditor General.