Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

Deputies spoke about the cost to the State of the electronic voting project, the mistakes made in respect of nursing homes, the renovation of the courthouse in Cork, the purchase of a site for the Minister, Deputy McDowell's prison and the projects at Punchestown and Abbotstown. The Taoiseach told the House this morning that the tribunals have cost €200 million, which is shocking. Successive Attorneys General under this Administration fixed the fees, in co-operation with their colleagues at the Law Library.

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