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

In the Deputy's question to me, she made reference to all the other projects that are under way across our country, whether it be homes or the delivery of public transport. In many cases, the delivery of capital projects by this Government happens in the way the public wants and happens on time. Despite the surge in inflation we have seen in recent years, many of these projects do happen in line with the expectations we have for their cost. I have already acknowledged all the difficulties as regards the delivery of this hospital, the change in cost and its delay and will do so again. I have stated what we have learned from it and, for projects of this scale, what we are now doing differently as regards our tendering and procurement processes. The fact is that we have completely different processes in place now for other big projects of scale, like our metro and the national broadband plan, that reflect the learnings we have had-----

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