Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)

I presume that no value-for-money audit has been conducted for this project, as has been the case concerning much of the road building that has taken place. Do we not have a difficult situation here, however? Can we afford to put half a billion euro up front at this point? The Minister has already cut the PSO to Derry, which is the connection between Derry and Dublin. The bailout we obtained from the British Government is in the region of €7 billion to €8 billion. Meanwhile, in the current budget we are cutting all services right, left and centre, including education and social services. Is there scope therefore for revisiting the arrangements made? I have not been able to find a copy of any text concerning these arrangements. Will the Minister publish the text of the commitments and agreements made?

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