Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I see. My final question is on the storage costs, or potential storage costs, in Savannah, Georgia. Does Mr. Quinn have any idea, or could he estimate, the storage costs for the aircraft in the condition it was in, which he outlined quite clearly and illustrated earlier in response to Deputy Kelly's questions? The aircraft was in pieces on the floor, of a hangar presumably, in Savannah, Georgia. The Department found there were excessive expected costs and the decision was made not to exceed €400,000 and a decision was made to dispose of the aircraft. Clearly the Irish State was going to have costs associated with storage, but I am not sure Mr. Quinn attributed an approximate cost to this process. Were any other options available to the Defence Forces to return the aircraft to the Defence Forces?