Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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I requested that the head of the Office of Government Procurement appear before the committee as part of our consideration of this issue. The wider point is that there appears to be an institutional gap in terms of some large capital projects. That aspect would be useful to explore in the context of process. That is part of the reason it is appropriate that the committee have Mr. Quinn before us, but the issue is not exclusive to the national children's hospital. It is useful to have an example when we try to explore how something happened. This issue is much wider in terms of capital projects and institutional gaps. If there is an institutional gap but no institutional memory, what will happen is that the mistakes will be repeated. That is central to what we are doing.