Mr. John Conlon:

I thank Deputy Boyd Barrett. Regarding his first comments, in my opening statement I acknowledged that the cost of this was not acceptable in the context of value for money and value for the taxpayer. I have acknowledged the extraordinary costs and I reflect on the Deputy's comments on that very seriously.

In relation to the Deputy's comment on our suggestion that it be located on the west road, this was an option we put forward to the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission. As I understand it, the security issues were raised by An Garda Síochána. That was taken on board in moving away from that as a preferred location.