1815. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his Department’s processes that consider the value for money question understanding that in 2017 a project build (details supplied) was estimated at less than €50 million, in 2021 it was estimated to cost close to €90 million and today the engineering block build is estimated to be costing over €100 million; if, given that this project cost has moved over €50 million from the last Programme for Government and over €20 million in the lifetime of this Government’s programme, he will outline how the delay process to funding this long-awaited capital programme demonstrates the decision delay has proven ‘beneficial in value’ to the State capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56390/23]

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1815. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his Department’s processes that consider the value for money question understanding that in 2017 a project build (details supplied) was estimated at less than €50 million, in 2021 it was estimated to cost close to €90 million and today the engineering block build is estimated to be costing over €100 million; if, given that this project cost has moved over €50 million from the last Programme for Government and over €20 million in the lifetime of this Government’s programme, he will outline how the delay process to funding this long-awaited capital programme demonstrates the decision delay has proven ‘beneficial in value’ to the State capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56390/23]

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