Joe Neville (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

I am a newly elected TD. I went through two elections last year and one of the key issues that kept coming up on the doors was the children’s hospital. I ask the questions today not just for me as a TD but on behalf of the public who elected me and, I suppose, the Government as well.

I was an auditor in PriceWaterhouseCooper and this brings me back to those days. I have the opportunity to ask the questions and I look forward to doing so. We all know the cliché that auditors are watchdogs, not bloodhounds, so I hope my questions will be received with that in mind. I will ask direct questions and I would like if I could get direct answers, where possible. Based on the answers to the Chair's questions, I know that will be the witnesses’ plan.

Does the board have faith in BAM at the moment?