Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The procurement process will go ahead, as planned, by the end of this year in November or December. I had a schedule of state aid approved by the Commission for various projects throughout Europe. The timescale varies and that is one of the problems we have to address. It is not certain. The Commission will examine the matter. It could do so in a period of two or three months or it could be a little longer. I simply do not know. We are somewhat in the hands of the Commission in terms of how quickly the officials there get back to us. I had a schedule with me at one stage, although I do not have it with me today. It shows a spectrum of decision-making speeds from the Commission. Some are rather quick and some take a little longer. I would aspire to it happening by the middle of next year, certainly.