Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Government said it is clear there are lessons to be learned from the overrun on the children's hospital and other projects, but are we going to find out what went wrong? Who made the decision to get accountants to check what went wrong with a construction project and its procurement process instead of a construction and procurement firm and quantity surveyor team from, for example, outside the State? According to PricewaterhouseCoopers, PwC, we should not retender, but can we have the analysis and proof of same? Mr. Robert Watt told the Committee on Public Accounts that commitments were given regarding the approximate bill of quantities underpinning the contract and how accurate it was. He said that it did not turn out to be accurate, but who gave those commitments? Many answers are required.

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