Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I point the Deputy to my comment that the total cost of this project, at its peak, will be around 0.1% of our general Government balance. The work that we will do in advance of this decision being made is to make the following calls. First, is this something that would affect the budgetary stance of the Government of the day, which is quite a few years away but it is still a decision I take seriously. Out of all of that, the revenue forecasts that I will publish on budget day and beyond, will not be and cannot be impacted by any expenditure decision that we make. They are independently prepared for me by the Department of Finance.