John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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There should be some analysis, regardless of politics. Somebody should be charged with providing a broad analysis of particular projects that may be put before the people in the context of a general election. That happens in other jurisdictions. We need at least an indicative guideline on the costs that might be involved and it would be no harm to make that available to every political party and to the Members of these Houses, who want to establish costs in a real way. I am not referring specifically to this Government but to Governments in general when I say that far too often it is only after a general election that costs get counted properly but they should be counted as we go along, in an independent way.