Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. I move now to an area we have to continue to focus on, namely, cost reductions. There is a massive cost overrun and we know some of the year 1 implications of that overrun, which will escalate as the years go by. The Minister and I have discussed this issue previously. I acknowledge that he amended the PwC terms of reference to identify costs and I appreciate that. In previous conversations the Minister and the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe said that the State is nonetheless contracted at €1.43 billion. My belief is that the contracted cost should be driven down. Is it the Minister's intention to aggressively pursue cost reductions, which may include that contracted price of €1.4 billion being reduced?

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