Peadar Tóibín: “I don't think that figure is far off.”

There's a complete lack of accountability in that sector. There's an enormous amount of waste.

People power has forced the Government to change its approach as 'they could not take any more' and took to the streets.

In terms of capital infrastructure spends last year there was about €1.6bn of overspend.

A rudimentary understanding of the Irish language would be nice, he added.