Mr. Mark Griffin:

I go back to the Deputy's earlier point. Our job is not just to entertain the committee; our job is to provide information to the committee as part of the hearings and that is what we have sought to do in good faith. We spent a number of hours on 22 May and have spent more hours this evening going through the basis for why the contract was constructed as it is. This not something we dreamed up; it is not a figment of our imagination. There is a contention that a process we have put in place to protect taxpayers' money has in some way driven the cost of delivering this service from €1 billion to €3 billion. As we said earlier in the process, to compare like for like we are talking about €1.55 billion as against €2.1 billion in the mid-case scenario.

I have a note here that something was contested by reputable opinion, but I am not sure what the Deputy is talking about.