Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

It is useful to get the information because there have been several announcements on the same matter over a number of years. It is to get some degree of certainty about what, in fact, is ordered, what has already been paid for and what the lead-in time is.

Obviously, the number of companies from which the kind of rolling stock we seek can be procured is limited. As a result, it will be quite difficult to know if we get value for money in respect of this very large and necessary expenditure. The information is useful from that point of view.