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

We need to know whether there are projects that are not going to proceed because they are no longer viable and inflation costs have not been taken into consideration and TII has been notified of this. Ideally we want to see the projects done for the amount contracted. There would want to be a very good reason they would not proceed. We are starting to see points of concern that would add to the cost by virtue of the fact something is left halfway through. We saw it in a school in Naas. It cost significantly more by virtue of the fact the contractor walked off the job. The school had to get somebody in to do security. It had to go through a tender process. There were long delays. It was more expensive when it came in. There is a potential problem.