John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

He had the commission, made up of very senior people. He had this working group that was made up of really professional people who knew their stuff and were meeting once a month. Presumably, when he got the costings, he said, "Well, you know, it seems to be okay". All of these people are above his pay grade so he would make certain presumptions from that.

Anyway, the project then went ahead. What fascinates me here is that nobody, none of you senior people, none of the commission members and nobody senior in politics, bothered their ass to question why that amount of money was being spent on a bicycle shelter. Everyone wants to blame someone but when you go back to the source of this problem, the blame rests firmly with the commission not conducting its business properly. That essentially is what Mr. Conlon is pointing to. He is not happy with that process. He told us that already.