Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On Monday, it was announced that the tender for the Cork event centre would have to be reopened and retendered. It is eight years and four taoisigh since the sod was turned on the site. It was turned by Enda Kenny eight years ago, in February 2016. The people of Cork are fed up and really exhausted by this farce. It really is a farce at this stage.

Regarding how we go forward, what kind of tender will there be? Will it be an open one? Is it possible to recoup the €1.5 million already spent on the project without a brick being laid? Does the Minister accept that the process engaged in from the outset was clearly flawed?

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