Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister is saying that the board carried all of the responsibility. Do we know whether it was well advised? Was the executive put in place to control the information going to the board on behalf of the HSE? Did the HSE have too much influence over the project? The procurement strategy used was sure to lead to an unmanageable increase in price. As a result, we will not know where the price will end up. Who is responsible for that? Is it the board or others?

We should not standardise construction project contracts. The capital works management framework, CWMF, is not fit for purpose and is problematic, yet the Government is wedded to it. The Government should change its strategy in that regard. We need flexibility to match the bespoke requirements of particular construction projects. The CWMF does not provide that flexibility.

Is it possible for me to see the contract, please? It would be beneficial and I could learn from it.

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