Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is because of the types of legal challenges we have seen in the past, including one unsuccessful bidder taking a legal challenge against the successful bidder and, as a result, flood protection works are delayed for five years. We are trying to do as much work as possible upfront on the Government side, in terms of planning, such that when we put a framework in place it is not open to legal challenge and there can be no delays from that point. We are trying to ensure we get this right.