Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I categorically reject the idea that a Government or Department would allow alternative options to be generated by someone involved in the bidding process. That is wrong. As the Deputy said, why would that be in the interests of the other bidders? Why would an entire Department overseeing the process, the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, require a bidder to generate different options? We need to be clear on that.

The Deputy made another point about lack of information that is making it difficult for him to decide whether alternative options are needed. If he wants to indicate what that is, I imagine the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment will share it with him, but there is a caveat. Some information contained in the document has been redacted because it is commercially sensitive. The Deputy knows that information is shared among Departments and local authorities and it is not appropriate to make that information public, whether there is one bidder or otherwise.