Mr. Ciarán Ó hÓbáin:

I am satisfied with the governance and strength of the team and the manner in which the team has engaged with it. The pace at which this project has been managed by the team, including in its engagement with builders, has been intensive but the complexity of the process and the obligations on the State to get it right are onerous. One can understand the timelines in this context and I believe the project is being managed in an effective manner. The team has the capacity to deliver it. In a competitive dialogue process, the timelines will be influenced by the two sides and the multiple bidders. We have already discussed the mapping of that but issues such as revisiting the map, to provide certainty to bidders in the process, impact on timelines. This project is being well managed.