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

One minute the Deputy is talking about overspend and the next he is talking about cyberattacks. The Deputy pretends - I say pretends because I find him entirely unconvincing in his arguments - to be making the case for the stronger State and the State doing more. I thought he was a left-of-centre politician when it came to the role of the State, but he does not appear to give the effect of that in the tone he uses about the State. It is of course the case there are individual projects the State acknowledges it got wrong and could have done differently. I have acknowledged that on many different occasions, especially with the national children's hospital, but I challenge the Deputy to name a school that has gone over budget. He should look at the progress that has been in the delivery of the national broadband plan. He should look at the progress we make in the delivery of roads and public transport projects. Of course, when the State is spending what will soon be €15 billion per year on the delivery of public infrastructure, there will be issues with how that is delivered. However, the majority of projects are delivered in the way the taxpayer wants.

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