Noel Rock (Dublin North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Obviously, the Department had been backed into a corner because the aircraft was sold as seen on the workshop floor but presumably the portfolio of parts did not necessarily have to be sold as seen. From the figures I have, the parts were sold at 3.7% of the acquisition cost, but, of course, that value would have been downgraded over time. Even at the estimated value at the time, they were sold at a figure that equated to 12.5% of their value. Was putting them out to tender ever considered to enable people to bid for them?