The Minister doesn't deny the €1,400,000,000 figure, he doesn't even pretend that he wants value for money. His only aim is to get "world class care" so money is no object. Music to the ears of all the contractors and the Minister knows no-one in the Oireachtas or the media will object to this bonfire of taxpayers money so long as we all believe it is in a good cause.
https://www.rte.ie/cspodcasts/media.mp3 ... 4_232_.mp3He isn't pressed on this because neither the interviewer or the Minister considers it incongruous that their most pressing concern is to turn New Years Day into Abortion in Ireland Day.
Contrast that with the GAA's response to a possible €24,000,000 cost overrun at Páirc Uí Chaoimh:
https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingn ... 92095.htmlEven now, the entire cost of this massive project is just loose change for the National Maternity Hospital but the GAA believes in corporate governance: Croke Park is taking the project away from the Cork County Board.
Hard to believe it cost just £1,700,000 to build the original stadium in the 1980s - allowing for inflation, that's only about €4,860,000 in today's money.
Interest payments back then totalled £900,000. Amazing the value for money you can get when money is costly.
