Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We are getting them. The final cost, as referenced by Deputy Cullinane, is the amount that the Government stated, namely €2.2 billion. I was very clear with Royal BAM that the Government is not putting more money on the table. The public has the answer to one of those two questions.

In answer to the second question, it is not reasonable to ask the board as to what day it will be able to say that the project is now compliant. There has been an agreement that BAM and Royal BAM will engage with the board in that regard. None of the people involved in the process can say whether that will be Friday or Friday week, but they are endeavouring to get to a compliant project as quickly as possible.