Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The scoping exercise has been completed and is only being considered by the Department. There is no business case yet. That has not been prepared, according to the second letter, namely that of 7 February. If we allow the secretariat to gather the information we have and synopsise it, we can then see where we stand. There has been a game of tennis going on. We have been going back and forward, getting bits of information. The Deputy is right that we need to assess what we have, but we need to be very firm about this. The absence of the information and anything that compares with what Benefacts was providing are of concern. We will make a judgment on it.