Mr. Feargal Ó Coigligh:

The Department failed. It would be wrong to point the finger at one individual. For example, from the initial failings addressed in the report about the review of the project when it was put in place in 2018 - I was an assistant secretary in the Department at the time on the arts and culture side - it was clear we did not have the capability to review the business case. I do not think you can point to an individual member of staff and say they should have done a better job. We did not have the-----