Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

If Deputies are interested in genuine accountability, rather than the political circus that happens too often in this House, an Oireachtas joint committee hearing that the head of the procurement board - the people who are actually delivering the project - could also attend might be an alternative.

To restate what I said earlier, the resignation from the board happened three months ago. Last June, the Oireachtas joint committee was told that in any construction project, a contractor can make claims for additional expenditure outside of contract. The figure allocated by the Government of €1.433 billion in December 2018 has not changed.

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