Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That was the Department's evaluation. When the alternatives were being evaluated, it looked back at the time it would take having regard to a fresh state aid notification and approval, the undertaking of a new procurement process, a teasing out of that process, and moving to a final decision and the signing of contracts. It is not a short process. Anyone who has seen procurement processes of this nature-----