Mr. Fergal Mulligan:

There will be one contract between the Minister and Granahan McCourt, if it is successful in the tender. Then Granahan McCourt will have a number of contracts sitting under its contract. We will oversee those contracts and make sure they are in place before we sign a contract. There are many layers of contracts with many subcontractors in this process, as there are in many complicated processes. There are build contractors. There is the contract with Eircom for renting infrastructure. There is the contract with the company that is going to put in the equipment. There is the contract with the company that is going to design the network. The consortium will need to have many subcontracts in place. As part of our due diligence, before we ask the Minister to sign a contract, we have to make sure all the other contracts are in place and are fit for purpose.