Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)

I do not see why the OPW would not have put the shed there. Security concerns have been cited but I do not see what the additional security burden would have been. There is still a security gate between that area and Leinster House itself. Do the witnesses know how much less that would have cost? Would they still be of the view that it is the option we should have gone with? Who made the decision that the option that the OPW had initially proposed was not acceptable and we had to go for the option that has turned out to be far more expensive and comparable with the cost of building a house?

The Houses of the Oireachtas Commission refused the OPW's initial suggestion. When the OPW had to ascertain the cost of the new location that the commission wanted, was there not some requirement, obligation or request for the new cost to come back for the commission to sign off on it? I cannot understand how that would not be the case.