Seanad debates

Wednesday, 8 October 2003

We highlighted the fact at that stage that the public was entitled to know exactly what it was getting in return for a recurring €1.2 billion payout. We queried, without receiving a satisfactory answer, the reason the Government had failed to make public the analysis of the benchmarking body, pointing out that, in the absence of publication, it was extremely difficult and almost impossible for anyone to conduct an evaluation of the benefits and improvements that were supposed to have been secured. We were left in a state of limbo waiting for the Government to publish the vital supporting material to justify to taxpayers the huge cost of the deal. We have made repeated calls in the interim but to no avail. I reiterate those calls in this debate – so much for Government accountability.

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