Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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One can see that from this document. Many instinctive questions we would have would be for other Department but that it is a job for another day. Not to add to the officials' work, the queries we would naturally have on foot of the report relate to additional reporting that will be put into it.

One of the questions I would raise with the Minister is on the large capital projects. There could be cost overruns. Often it is difficult for us to see what the underlying cause is. Obviously we know the national development plan outlines €165 billion of spending, which is no small figure, over the next ten years. Measuring the performance of the capital expenditure would be quite important to establish whether cost overruns were as a result of inflation, poor planning or otherwise. I ask Ms O'Loughlin if there are any plans to incorporate that element.