Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This project has been ongoing for a number of years, from conception to the present state. It has been unsatisfactory in terms of the relationship between the contractor and development board. I am not in a position to give clarity around figures. The less bandying about of figures, the better, in relation to contracts and projects of this kind. That applies to everybody, including those in government. There are hundreds of claims, as the Deputy says, and they have to be contested. I will not make a judgment as to how the claims will work out or give a top-of-the-head figure as to the cost.

This is a difficult relationship now, unfortunately, where there is claim and counterclaim, and that is problematic and not satisfactory at all from my perspective and, indeed, from the Government's perspective.

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