Mr. Ciarán Ó hÓbáin:

The whole point is that until a bidder has got to a position where the Government is able to indicate to that bidder in the process that it wants to get the contract closed and award a contract to that bidder, then we will not get those kinds of contractual positions. Such a bidder will not be in the contract. A bidder can only be there at the point when we have the contract signed. We went through a procurement process. In the procurement process we needed to know that the financial standing was in place. We needed to know that there was equity to be invested and we needed to know the amount of that equity. We needed to know who was committing it. We received all of that. Then, we give effect to that in the contract. It is an entirely appropriate way to proceed.