Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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I thank Mr. Mulligan for the clarification. Does he not accept then that just having one bidder puts the Department on the back foot? If Mr. Mulligan were negotiating with two or three bidders, it would be clear that everybody was going to make the best effort. With one company on its own, it can say that is the best timeline or that is the best price it can do or this is the earliest it can start the roll out. In effect, it holds all the aces.