Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On a point of clarification, we have been given more than 100 new documents since the Minister for Health appeared in committee. I take him at his word that he was informed in September 2017 that there was a €61 million overrun and he was next informed in August 2018. Given the vast volume of information that we now know has been floating around between the Departments of Public Expenditure and Reform and Health, the HSE and the numerous boards that were involved signalling again and again the issue of cost overruns that were increasingly getting out of control, will the Minister confirm that at no point in that time did he seek an update on the €61 million report and that it was not brought to his attention that there were escalating issues with the capital costs?

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