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

I understand that a lot of this information is available for individual projects. I will certainly look at the point being made by the Deputy on how this can be better tracked in an overall fashion. I am aware, for example from challenges with the national children's hospital number of years ago, of the need for a refined public spending procedure for very large projects. I understand the need for that. I am very much aware that for some of our larger projects, a very high level of scrutiny is needed regarding how the country's money is spent. I will have a look at the role of the public spending code to ensure it continues to deliver the scrutiny we need for value for money. I will look at the Deputy's point on how we can aggregate information to see if we can gain any insight regarding common factors that could be slowing down the delivery of projects in the NDP.

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