Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North-West, Fianna Fail)

Twenty-seven billion euro is huge amount of money. It can be difficult for people to contemplate that sort of scale. It is often the examples where controls were missed that point to broader issues. It is the issue of the €15 million spent between 2020 and 2024. In his opening statement, Mr. Gloster was incredibly honest and open about it. I want to flesh it out a little in order to try to understand and to allow the public to understand. What were the devices? How did it come about that it was not a standard procurement process? Why did it continue for four years?