Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As I stated to Deputy Jonathan O'Brien in our debate last night on the national children's hospital project, when information comes into the Department regarding the delivery of the project it feeds into an online tracker. That is available but we are going to publicise it further in the coming weeks. I have to decide whether we need to go beyond that. Having quarterly reports come into my Department for every single project costing more than €20 million would result in a vast number of reports coming in. I do not mean to diminish the point made by the Deputy. I would be concerned, however, that having so many reports coming in would diminish the responsibility of the line Departments which, first and foremost, have responsibility for projects. I have to make a final decision on this matter but in the interim we are feeding everything into the tracker. That tracker will be available to the public and it will include information on what is happening with a project, when and the current status of planning and construction.

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