Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I cannot say what BAM's motivation is but the facts, as I see them, are we have very clear evidence, I believe, from the board, based on gate receipts, noting day by day, how many people are on site. We have very clear evidence, which BAM may dispute, but the evidence as I have seen it is very strong that the hospital project has been consistently and substantively under resourced. That is one point and, conversely, BAM is involved in a lot of projects in Ireland, including roads, schools and primary care centres which appear to be finishing on time. I am not familiar with the level of resourcing on those projects but it is certainly true that BAM has a very substantial workforce across multiple projects around the country. This is at the same time that we believe that the hospital project is under-resourced. Whether or not there is a link between those would be for BAM to say.