Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I agree that the Department would be crippled if progress reports came in for every single project costing more than €20 million. To have some confidence, however, in the progress reports coming in and being put on the tracker, we have to ensure there is sufficient expertise within line Departments to ensure all relevant information is forwarded. If there is an issue, a red flag should be raised and that should be brought to the attention of the Minister. We would at least know then that a difficulty, or a potential for difficulty, with some projects will be raised with the Minister's Department at the earliest opportunity.

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