Cork Airport overrun to be investigated by Dáil committee

THE chairman of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee will today call on the Department of Transport to investigate the multi-million euro cost overrun associated with the new terminal at Cork Airport.

The secretary general of the department, Julie O’Neill, appears before the committee this morning to discuss various transport issues.

Fine Gael TD Bernard Allen, who chairs the committee that scrutinises State spending, says he will call on Ms O’Neill to investigate the overruns of the terminal project in Cork.