Mr. John Conlon:

I totally agree with the point the Deputy has just made that it should have been relayed back to the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission. It was not. This is one of the reasons I am insisting that the commission be fully informed at the monthly meetings of all elective works the OPW does on its behalf. I find it very hard to understand, and I have said it twice during this committee meeting so far, why those costs were not relayed back.