Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I know part of those concerns about due process were with regard to the contract arrangements for air and sea rescue and we are right in the middle of the contracting process. When I say we follow due process it is because, in the public interest, that is the right thing to do. It is in the public interest that we sometimes make decisions in the middle of contracts that we have to be careful about because it is not in the public interest for us to engage in contractual negotiations in public in some instances.