Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party)
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Regarding when Mr. Gunning was supplied this, I assume that in preparation for his appearance before the Committee of Public Accounts today, he engaged with the contractors and told them, “We will be answerable to the Oireachtas; please give us updated substantial completion dates,” or whatever it is. When did that process happen? Where my question is going with this is there is no updated programme for Mr. Gunning to be able to validate this. When did the contractor come back to him and tell him the new date was February 2025? Was that plucked out of the air? Did the contractor tell him that earlier this week because he needed to have something to give to us when he came before us today? I refer to the idea that they gave Mr. Gunning a month on a calendar. There is no way for him to respond to the questions Deputy Kelly put to him earlier about the confidence he has in the date unless he has actually had a chance to properly review the updated programme. I ask Mr. Gunning to give us an idea of how the interaction came about whereby this date of February 2025 arrived in his opening statement.