David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want to go back to Mr. Gunning's opening statement. Maybe it was just an omission, but it would have been better had he mentioned this in his statement. He said that it was imperative that the NPHDB evaluates each claim and robustly defends those it considers not to be justified, which is fair enough. He also said that there was a comprehensive process in place for the assessment of claims submitted by the contractor. What he did not say in his opening statement is that the process is currently suspended.