Mr. Donal Maguire:

No; certainly not. We have been rigorous not to contaminate the process in any way.

In setting up such a contract we would of course include a weighting in it. This would favour an operator who brought forward a business plan with a proposition which would favour as much local employment as possible, which would favour local processing as close to the point of landing as possible and which would bring about those desirable outcomes that we want to happen. The only reason BIM got involved in this or any of these projects in the first place is to generate local employment, local wealth and extra raw material. That is why we want to do it.