Mr. Ciarán Ó hÓbáin:

It is not a new company that we are only hearing about this week. The Department has worked with the Committee of Public Accounts. We referenced before who was putting money into this project. There is context here. Deputy Stanley mentioned other companies that had an interest in the national broadband plan procurement. Those companies participated in that and came through the gates. However, at the end of the day we can only deal with the companies that came forward, submitted a final tender and are now seeking to sign a contract. That is what we have before us.