Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

He will defer to me if he needs to. The Taoiseach has said that we need to study this in great detail to come to the same conclusion that he and the Minister came to, if that is what we do. To do that we need the exact information that was available to the Minister in respect of the alternative options. Is that not correct? The Minister said earlier that he published the document I have before me. He published it with the alternative options and the costs associated with them, but I am none the wiser. Let us look at it. How can I be expected to come to a conclusion that might be similar to that of the Minister when I do not have the information that was available to him? He based his view on assumptions provided by the bidder that ended up with the job.