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

-----approved €1.433 billion has been drawn down to date. It is a live contract and I am not going to prejudice the enforcement of that existing contract by getting into a decision about cost, hypothetical or otherwise, at this particular time. I do not think that would be advantageous to the taxpayer.

I visited the hospital recently on 17 November. Substantial progress has been achieved and it is quite impressive. The integrity of the design as originally laid out is being followed-----

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