Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I cannot make this any simpler; we are fully supportive of the scheme. The Deputy is taking the attitude that I, as Minister of State, needs to come in and tell people to move on. If I did that in another part of the country, the Deputy would be the very one to ask about the public spending code and all of the gateways relating to it, the procurement process and the form of works contract. He would state that the OPW is circumventing the process laid down by the Oireachtas. The Deputy has his cake and now he is trying to eat it.