Mr. Hubert Loftus:

A €5 million to €10 million project is clearly a large-scale project. Since 2017, they have all had a clerk of works. The clerk of works is not necessarily the professional - the architect or engineer - but someone with a knowledge of and background in building. In layman's terms, his or her role is to be the eyes and ears of the employer's representative on the ground to hear about and see things and report back if any issue of concern arises or on how the building project is being delivered. It is an additional resource which we have put in place automatically for all large-scale projects since 2017. It was done in the context of the issues that had arisen in terms of fire safety and we saw it as an important additional measure. The programme level review we envisage for the design and build programme will see how the clerk of works element put in place in 2017 and the strengthening of procedures help the situation and what added value they bring.