Cathy Bennett (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I just find it very interesting, with such well-paying jobs and with so many staff - I think Mr. Conlon said he had 2,500 staff - that the OPW resorts a lot to consultancy reports. Within one of the consultancy reports was €25,000 that was paid to Deloitte for the bike shelter to estimate if that was good value for money. I find it extraordinary that amount of money was spent first on the bike shelter, but then an additional €25,000 was spent to see if that was good value for money when we have 2,500 staff in the OPW. It just boggles my mind that the taxpayer is paying this out. People have to realise that this is taxpayers' money. I want to see the value for the taxpayers' money. I feel that people are not getting good value for their money when we are hiring consultants at €25,000. Does Mr. Conlon feel it is good value for money?