Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The issue is that if a bill of quantity is submitted and the item is not in the bill of quantity on day one when the tender documents were put out there, then it is an additional cost and it is always a nightmare. The problem with this project is that because it is so complex - we are talking about 6,000 rooms and all sorts of different complexities - then we are more likely to have such a situation. I remember dealing with a contract which had a value of only £1 million, and the claims were more than £500,000 at the time. This was with a local authority, which had not put all its eggs in the basket as regards what it wanted, and it kept changing what it wanted as well.