Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will get a note from the officials on that. As we know, it is going to cost more than the €1.4 billion. It will cost significantly more. Part of that is being driven by construction inflation and we are contracted to take a portion of the burden of that. There is also a very substantial amount in dispute. The reason the Government has not given an estimated final figure to date is we want the amount under dispute to be zero and the contractor will want it to be significantly higher. We are not in a position to give a figure because it would be harmful to the State to give an estimate of how much we think we might end up having to pay. We all know it is going to be higher than €1.4 billion. I have figures that may be useful on the drawdown so far this year. I can share them now or send them on.