Ulick Burke (Galway East, Fine Gael)

The Minister of State has conveniently ignored the fact that this project has been in the planning and design stage for 14 years. The Department has spent €150,000 on its design and planning. It has spent a further €500,000 on the site's purchase despite it not being the preferred site, which would have cost less than half of that. Will the Minister of State explain why a more expensive site was chosen?

In 2007, 60 builders were asked to tender for this project.

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