Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

Members are entitled to know. Were I Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, I would know everything there was to be known about this building project. I again ask the Minister whether it is true that the increase in the price from that indicated in 2007 is not hundreds of millions of euro but is approximately €30 million and that it is mainly due to the cost of sourcing money on the international markets. If this is the case, how does the Minister propose to find an alternative developer that can source such funds more cheaply? How can the Minister reject this proposition, on which so much work was done, and offer the House the prospect that he will get someone else to build it far more cheaply?

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