Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Thosaigh an Tánaiste agus léirigh sé na tograí a tháinig isteach ar an bpraghas gur chóir dóibh teacht isteach. Is é sin an jab atá ag an Rialtas. Shílfeá go mbeadh a fhios ag an Tánaiste gur chóir d'aon togra teacht isteach ar an bpraghas gur chóir dó. The Tánaiste started off talking to me about the projects that have come in on budget. One would hope the Government would be trying to bring things in on budget. The reality here though is that it is not. There are so many examples of huge cost overruns consistently under this Government. Just to be very clear here: this is not just me saying it. The Government's own HSE audit and risk committee has identified this. When the Government uses contractors, it is supposed to share the risk. What is clear here that it is the public purse, the taxpayers' money, that is always the one that takes the risk on board. The Tánaiste did not answer me. Is it unacceptable that there are consistently these overruns? He did not mention who signed off on the bike shelter, and he certainly did not identify what other projects went over the cost they are supposed to go over. That is unacceptable. The Tánaiste should see that as unacceptable and he should outline that to this Dáil.

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