John Paul Phelan (Fine Gael)

I am led to believe the modification will not serve the purpose for which it was intended. That only compounds the problem. The Minister of State can cynically use the fish issue to detract from the point I am trying to make. The principal point is that a Government project that was originally estimated to cost €14 million ended up costing more than three times that amount, and it did not serve one of the jobs it was originally set up to do. Whether we are talking about fish, humans or anything else, it did not do what it said on the tin, to borrow a phrase from a popular advertisement.