Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It would be strange if I were confident that one single bidder would possibly give us the price. The Deputy can be certain that there clearly is competitive bidding. That is the advice I have been given. To put it bluntly, I have gone to extraordinary lengths to stay away from knowledge of who is bidding, the number of bidders or the prices they are bidding at. I will leave that to a completely separate channel because I think that is right and proper.