Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)

I do not wish to take up time by going further into the matter. Costs must be viewed in terms of their proportion of overall costs. The Minister consistently refers to percentages when discussing waste. Archaeological costs, too, must be considered as a percentage of overall costs, in this case road construction costs. We should use percentages rather than figures. The €20 million figure referred to is one thousandth of the €20 billion overall cost of roads construction.

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