Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am not arguing about the two-stage process. Whether the Ministers had opted for one-stage in total or two, if they had opted for a remeasurable contract, they would not have run into the problems they are running into now. It is February 2019. This project will take approximately four years. The Minister said he knows that going ahead is the right thing to do. None of us know that. The Minister does not know if that is the case. I am not saying that I know but if we continue with this procurement and this contract process, this project will not be built for €1.7 billion nor will it be built for an extra €500 million. I guarantee that the costs will not stop at €2.2 billion because this process is tailor-made for BAM to reef us.

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