Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)

There is a serious element of putting the cart before the horse in respect of this matter. Whoever decided to proceed with the feasibility study should first have considered whether we want the theatre to be relocated to the GPO. If a decision had been taken that the relocation should proceed, then we could have moved forward with the feasibility study. If we had decided not to relocate the theatre to the GPO, then we could have proceeded to reconsider the position vis-À-vis the docklands site. The cart has very definitely been placed before the horse.

There is no point in asking Members for their thoughts. We are well down the road with regard to the feasibility study. The Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Mansergh, when commenting on a report relating to a relocation to the docklands, provided a figure of €219,000 in respect of the work that had been already carried out. What is going to be the final cost of the current feasibility study?

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