Seanad debates
Thursday, 21 November 2002
Book of Estimates, 2003: Statements.
Let me mention transport which is part of my brief. I am concerned about cut-backs in transport. When construction inflation is taken into account, there are cut-backs. There is no question about this. I urge the Minister to consider the introduction of fixed cost contracts because project costs are escalating way beyond control. We must be realistic. We need to award fixed cost contracts in order that we know exactly how much a road or other infrastructural project will cost. Otherwise we will get into awful difficulty. I urge the Minister also, instead of wasting time commissioning reports on projects that will never be done, to set reasonable and realistic targets.
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