Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I had hoped that the days when vitally important infrastructure was left lying idle were in the past, but apparently not. Is that not shocking? Why is that happening? Who is accountable for it? We have major infrastructural projects to be built in this country. Will the Taoiseach agree to the suggestion by my colleague, Deputy Burton, that the additional costings should be referred to the Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight or the Committee of Public Accounts, whichever the Taoiseach deems more appropriate, in order that we might obtain answers to our questions before we embark on building more major infrastructure that we need? Separately, will the Taoiseach agree to an independent probe into how our waiting lists are compiled and reported?

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