Mr. Maurice Buckley:

Coming back on the general question, the Deputy made the point a moment ago of how important it is for the State bodies to be robust in dealing with contract partners. The Deputy is correct. Not a decade ago but two decades ago, the commitment was entered into to build a science museum by the OPW, on behalf of the then Government. The story went on from there, as the Deputy outlined. Quite simply, the OPW, in itself, taking a narrow view, has always recognised that we have a binding contract to build this facility. We also have a responsibility as a public body to try to ensure that it is successful, that all the outside circumstances are taken into account, and that we are supporting the broader Government policy and programme. We would certainly have attempted to make connections between the promoters of the Earlsfort Terrace project and the Sandyford science centre and, indeed, with the science gallery in Trinity - there are other developments there.