Mr. Owen Keegan:

I do not believe the Department will be in a better position to so do. Were we to emerge unscathed from the European Union complaints and were we to procure a value-for-money certificate from the National Development Finance Agency and were the project board, on which the Department is represented, to support the project, then the project would be in a position to proceed. However, if the complaints are not resolved to the satisfaction of the city council, I do not believe it will make any difference as to who has control of the project, as it would be very difficult for it to proceed. It may well be impossible and I would be obliged to review the decision made by the Commission but at this stage, I do not believe it is a question of who will take over. If the complaints are upheld, it will be extremely difficult for this project to proceed.